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TeX The World for Chromium - 1.0

by Rodrigo
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The original TeX The World, written by Avital Oliver, edited by Rodrigo L. Fernandez to work under Chromium.

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Render any expression between [; and ;] into pretty nice [;\LaTeX;] code. Uses www.codecogs.com for better image rendering.

For more info, please visit http://thewe.net/tex

I have only tested it under Linux (fc11.i686) with Chromium build 4.0.227.0 (0), but will probably work under other Chromium/Chrome builds and/or OS. If there’s anything about this extension, feel free to contact me.

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  1. TeX The World for Chromium « Google Chrome Extensions Google Price says:
    November 7, 2009 at 4:45 am

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  3. MagisDing says:
    November 7, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    Wonderful extension! Is it available for linux user right now? Being eager for the version under windows!

  4. Adrian says:
    November 8, 2009 at 9:10 am

    So how do I use it???

  5. Adrian says:
    November 8, 2009 at 9:15 am

    it doesn’t work in chats [; x^2 ;] or does it?

  6. Rodrigo says:
    November 8, 2009 at 10:02 am

    Yes, it does. I see it here. Is everything running as it should, there?

  7. Rodrigo says:
    November 8, 2009 at 11:01 am

    Although I’ve only tested under Linux, the code is written in javascript so, will probably work under Windows.

  8. Rodrigo says:
    November 8, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    For Chrome users, I’ve found this thread that is an alternative for TeX The World in Chrome: http://forums.zybez.net/index.php?showtopic=1274848

  9. Ragaar says:
    November 9, 2009 at 12:33 pm

    In the file textheworld6.js change the URLs. Codecogs generates an inferior quality image.
    [code]
    ...
    //imgElement.src = "http://www.codecogs.com/eq.latex?" + expr;
    imgElement.src = "http://www.yourequations.com/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?" + expr;
    ...
    [/code]

    Thanks for creating the extension, I expect I’ll use this for generating LaTeX equations on-the-fly for reports!

  10. Rodrigo says:
    November 9, 2009 at 10:02 pm

    Well, personally, I like codecogs better, but the code is opened so people can make their choice. As for changing the extension code, if more people would like, I will do so. :)

    The only thing that was missing for me in Chromium was this script. Once using it, can’t see myself without it.

  11. Rodrigo says:
    November 9, 2009 at 10:03 pm

    I forgot to mention: the original code uses http://thewe.net/tex to render the images.

  12. Ragaar says:
    November 14, 2009 at 12:29 pm

    I’d really like to be able to generate plain-text: web page similar to a built-in URL switch within Firefox.
    Being able to change anything on a website on-the-fly using the Inspect Element is a nice workaround, though.

    And, as you might discern, I find myself revisiting your extension. Have to put this little guy on all of my computers. ^_^

    In terms of the ability of the two sites, or any others that may exist, I can’t say one is better or worse. I really only meant visually one is a little less pixelated. At the time I was working on a presentation.

    Thanks, by the way, for the link!

  13. Ragaar says:
    November 14, 2009 at 12:41 pm

    You wouldn’t happen to know of any \LaTeX generator that is capable of accepting International Fonts, such as Japanese?

  14. Rodrigo says:
    November 14, 2009 at 6:59 pm

    Unfortunately, I don’t know about any generator capable of accepting international Fonts. Maybe, I don’t know for sure, some OS packages – such as MiKTeX or TeXLive – could have those generators. Have to check it for sure.

    As for web-based… I really don’t know.

  15. Csega says:
    November 18, 2009 at 1:20 pm

    Hi!

    It’s a pretty cool extension, I like it! :) My only problem, that’s it doesn’t work on GMail chat. Could you please make something about it? Or it’s a hopeless thing to do?

    Thanks!

    Csega

  16. Rodrigo says:
    November 25, 2009 at 2:29 am

    You mean GTalk? If so, I think I can’t do anything about it, as it is apart from web html code (which means I don’t have access to the core code to modify it).

    Sorry. :(

  17. Rodrigo says:
    November 25, 2009 at 2:38 am

    Uhmmm… I’ve just tested it with the GTalk gadget in Orkut and it worked “fine”. I mean, I could render de image but it gets an odd behaviour: It render the images but I have to double-click it to see.

  18. Bruno Oz says:
    November 30, 2009 at 1:17 pm

    I can’t get it to work with GMail. In pure HTML pages, like http://thewe.net/tex, it’s ok.
    In Firefox and Opera the original script works in GMail. Is It happening with anyone else?

    Thanks.

  19. Csega says:
    December 3, 2009 at 3:56 am

    Yeah, I meant GTalk. I just thought it’s possible, because under Firefox it’s going fine with the TeX the world extension. Or it’s just because of using GreaseMonkey? (Sorry, I don’t know much about these things… Just try to figure it out.)

  20. Rodrigo says:
    December 3, 2009 at 5:56 pm

    Uhmm… strange. It doesn’t work there? No, there’s nothing to do with GreaseMonkey. =)
    The script catches the text content of the page and searches for the expression to be converted. So, it doesn’t depends on what you’re using, but the code itself.

    But, I tested it with GTalk gadget, with Orkut and Gmail, and it worked out fine. You tried to use it and nothing happens?

  21. Rodrigo says:
    December 5, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    @Csega

    I think I’ve seen where the error is and, as soon as I get it right, I’ll submit an update. =)

  22. Csega says:
    December 17, 2009 at 10:11 am

    @Rodrigo

    Thanks! I’m waiting for it. :)

  23. Csega says:
    February 15, 2010 at 4:51 pm

    @Rodrigo

    Hi! Any progress? I don’t want to urge you or something, I’m just curious… :) (And it still not working for me with GMail chat.)

    Csega

  24. Rodrigo says:
    February 16, 2010 at 5:00 pm

    @Csega

    Man… I’m *terribly* sorry! The support for the extensions was moved to the official site of google chrome extensions at https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/mbfninnbhfepghkkcgdnmfmhhbjmhggn so just look up there. :)

    Also, we’re in version 1.3.1, where the support for GTalk was added and partial GMail integration. That’s an ongoing process and still holds many issues, but, you can take a ride. :)

    Sorry for not mention it before. That said, hope you like it.

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