TeX filter getting a little over excited

Re: TeX filter getting a little over excited

by Gordon Bateson -
Number of replies: 1
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For this particular case you could try the following modification:
  1. open "filter/tex/filter.php" with a text editor
  2. locate the following lines (around line 125):
    for ($i=0; $i<count($matches[0]); $i++) {
    $texexp = $matches[1][$i] . $matches[2][$i] . $matches[3][$i] . $matches[4][$i];
  3. change the above lines to the following:
    for ($i=0; $i<count($matches[0]); $i++) {
    $texexp = $matches[1][$i] . $matches[2][$i] . $matches[3][$i] . $matches[4][$i];
    if ($texexp=='ClueNum') continue;
  4. save the modified file
You could also modify the code in "filter/tex/filter.php" for a more general check around line 90. This will skip activation of the filter on Hot Potatoes quizzes completely.
  1. locate the following lines (around line 90):
    if (!preg_match('/<tex/i',$text) and !strstr($text,'$$') and !strstr($text,'\\[') and !preg_match('/\[tex/i',$text)) { //added one more tag (dlnsk)
    return $text;
    }
  2. change the above lines to the following:
    if (!preg_match('/<tex/i',$text) and !strstr($text,'$$') and !strstr($text,'\\[') and !preg_match('/\[tex/i',$text)) {
    return $text;
    }
     if (preg_match('/Created with (Mac )?Hot Potatoes/i', $text)) {
    return $text;
    }

    FYI the 'Created with Hot Potatoes' string appears near the top of all HP5 and HP6 quizzes
I haven't tested the above modifications, so handle with due caution smile

regards
Gordon
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Re: TeX filter getting a little over excited

by Joseph Rézeau -
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Hi Gordon,
Thanks for your prompt reply. However, not being admin on my Moodle site I cannot envisage hacking the core Moodle file. What is really needed is for the TeX filter to come up with a working solution and commit it to CVS so that the correction gets into standard Moodle distributions. I have posted bug report MDL-7849 to this effect.
Thanks again,
Joseph
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