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Improvement
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Minor
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3.1.10, 3.1.11, 3.2.7, 3.2.8, 3.3.4, 3.3.5, 3.4.1, 3.4.2
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MOODLE_31_STABLE, MOODLE_32_STABLE, MOODLE_33_STABLE, MOODLE_34_STABLE
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dear support team,
in moodle "TeX notation filter documentation => Methods and Usage", mathtex is announce as alternativ to mimetex. See also Mathtex and Mimetex Documentation.
Suggestion: TeX-filter improvement (using mathtex instead of mimetex).
Problem: tex-filter still call/exec mathtex with a bunch of wrong parameters (seems parameters are only prepared for mimtex in moodle core).
Workaround: using CGI-Interface (mathtex.cgi) like https://fqdn/cgi-bin/mathtex.cgi?\frac\{2}{2} to get expressions. In Moodle you can use
<img src="https://fqdn/cgi-bin/mathtex.cgi?\frac{2}{2}" /> |
and your get your expression as png (depend on mathtex-configuration).
Opportunities: Mathtex make users able to use (own) \usepackage-definitions, colors etc. in every question (not dependent to administrators global preamble). Mathtex also processes more tex-expressions than mimetex.