ASCIIMathML
by Prof. Peter Jipsen
is a nifty alternative to TeX that is vastly more readable in raw form (hold the flames please!
No toe-treading intended). Yours truly finds it incredibly useful for dashing off quick notes
that are still legible a couple days past the persistence of long-term memory, minus the
penchant paper copies have for coffee stains.
As such I got a little carried away with a little JavaScript-driven editing tool
for real-time previewing and quick cut/copy/paste shortcuts for ASCIIMathML input.
The official ASCIIMathML page
has a showcase of the largely-obvious syntax
;
my script is mostly eye-candy for folks who find those extra few key- and/or mouse-strokes too painful
to constantly repeat.
Be warned that said script was written for Internet Explorer
(apologies in advance to open-source purists) and clipboard functionality will probably be
broken for everybody else. An ultra-compact HTA
(a.k.a. HTML Applications
)
version is available for trusting souls running Windows. You will also need a copy of
ASCIIMathML.js
to dump in the same place as ASCIIMathMLLive.hta before
it will run (with results, that is). This version is designed to sit as unobtrusively as possible
in a sliver of the bottom of the screen, vacating the rest of your desktop estate. It will even
roll up upon request.
[ The usual spiel: No credit/responsibility claimed for anything but the production of ASCIIMathMLLive.html and ASCIIMathMLLive.hta. Run at your own risk. Feel free to mutilate said code for personal use. ]
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