MathJax v2.5 beta now available

MathJax v2.5 beta now available

by Geoffrey Rowland -
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Hi folks

Those of you using MathJax in Moodle for mathematics or chemistry equations may be interested in trying the new MathJax v2.5 beta.

Is reported to be 20-30% faster for HTML-CSS output and has a new preview output (CommonHTML) that is ~10x faster, though currently lower quality.

Note this is still beta, but is available from the CDN at: beta.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js

Alternatively, http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js will start serving v2.5 when officially released (in the next few weeks?)

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Re: MathJax v2.5 beta now available

by Geoffrey Rowland -
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...and I see Damyon Weise has already added MDL-48760 to the Moodle Tracker.

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Re: MathJax v2.5 released

by Geoffrey Rowland -
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MathJax 2.5 has now been released. Has significant performance improvements. So, you may wish to update your Moodle MathJax filter configuration to the following:

Site administration > Plugins > Filters > MathJax

HTTP MathJax URL:

http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/2.5-latest/MathJax.js (specifically for MathJax 2.5)

or

http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js (for the latest stable MathJax version, currently 2.5)


HTTPS MathJax URL:

https://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/2.5-latest/MathJax.js

or

https://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.


or you can use the protocol agnostic equivalents for both:

//cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/2.5-latest/MathJax.js

//cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.

In addition to the performance improvements, MathJax 2.5 is now compatible with NodeJS (MathJax-node). This raises the possibility of a server-side implementation of MathJax as an alternative to the existing TeX filter. Something for Moodle 2.9? 3.0?


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