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Latex in forum posts

  • 22-08-2011 9:48am
    #1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    Not sure if the query belongs here or in the Maths forum, but here goes anyway!

    How do you put LateX output (i.e. the typeset equations) into a boards post? Is the equation created externally and then pasted in?

    Many thanks,

    Mike.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭Delphi91


    Hi,

    It's ok, I figured it out!


  • Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,780 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    It might have been an idea to share the answer with the forum. :)

    If anyone else is wondering, simples: wrap the LaTeX code in [latex] tags.


  • Hosted Moderators Posts: 7,484 ✭✭✭Red Alert


    Ah ha, I didn't even realise that was possible.


  • Registered Users Posts: 427 ✭✭sigmundv


    I know it's often frowned upon to bring up age old threads, but I'll do it anyway, since I just discovered the LaTeX functionality on Boards yesterday. I was very surprised, however, to see that when I typed + in an equation it was ignored. Have other people experienced this? E.g. this equation is supposed to be y = ax + b, but as you can see the + is missing: [latex]y = ax + b[/latex].


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,614 ✭✭✭TheBody


    sigmundv wrote: »
    I know it's often frowned upon to bring up age old threads, but I'll do it anyway, since I just discovered the LaTeX functionality on Boards yesterday. I was very surprised, however, to see that when I typed + in an equation it was ignored. Have other people experienced this? E.g. this equation is supposed to be y = ax + b, but as you can see the + is missing: [latex]y = ax + b[/latex].

    The + sign is there. What somethimes happens is that the signs disappear if you edit a post. To get around that problem, click on "go advanced" when you are editing.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 427 ✭✭sigmundv


    TheBody wrote: »
    The + sign is there. What somethimes happens is that the signs disappear if you edit a post. To get around that problem, click on "go advanced" when you are editing.
    Haha, now I see it! Thank you for the tip anyway!


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,614 ✭✭✭TheBody


    sigmundv wrote: »
    Haha, now I see it! Thank you for the tip anyway!

    No probs.


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