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ColinFraser at 12:56, 13 July 2010

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ColinFraser at 12:54, 13 July 2010

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	~~==See Also==~~
	* [[Using TeX Notation]]
	* [[Using MimeTeX 2]]
	* [[TeX notation filter]]

	[[Category:Mathematics]]		[[Category:Mathematics]]

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ColinFraser at 12:48, 13 July 2010

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ColinFraser at 12:45, 13 July 2010

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	The Tex Notation system in Moodle 1.9.x and now in Moodle 2.0 is not a true TeX notation system. It is a "failsafe" or a "fallback" to ensure that Users can produce a passable maths markup language document. Using it is not simple, yet this is not a Moodle issue, but rather the issue lies with the manner in which TeX notation has developed. The various brands of TeX and other math markup languages have become something of a nightmare to try and find any reasonable consistency. Most use sub-sets and variations of TeX rules and fonts and symbols that seem to be developed on the whim of the developer rather than any consistent mathematical strategy. Also the lack of user friendly documentation has worked against the easy spread of knowledge here, but what is worse, and this is the problem for the Moodle Community, the lack of directly related documentation in using TeX Notation in Moodle has not been helpful. (Having said these things, I am sure that many people will disagree - but I accept there is a large difference between what the developers of the various TeX "standards" consider "consistent" and reality..:) )		The Tex Notation system in Moodle 1.9.x and now in Moodle 2.0 is not a true TeX notation system. It is a "failsafe" or a "fallback" to ensure that Users can produce a passable maths markup language document. Using it is not simple, yet this is not a Moodle issue, but rather the issue lies with the manner in which TeX notation has developed. The various brands of TeX and other math markup languages have become something of a nightmare to try and find any reasonable consistency. Most use sub-sets and variations of TeX rules and fonts and symbols that seem to be developed on the whim of the developer rather than any consistent mathematical strategy. Also the lack of user friendly documentation has worked against the easy spread of knowledge here, but what is worse, and this is the problem for the Moodle Community, the lack of directly related documentation in using TeX Notation in Moodle has not been helpful. (Having said these things, I am sure that many people will disagree - but I accept there is a large difference between what the developers of the various TeX "standards" consider "consistent" and reality..:) )

ColinFraser at 12:31, 13 July 2010

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	==See Also==		==See Also==
			[[Using TeX Notation]]
	* [[Using MimeTeX 2]]		* [[Using MimeTeX 2]]
	* [[TeX notation filter]]		* [[TeX notation filter]]

	[[Category:Mathematics]]		[[Category:Mathematics]]

ColinFraser at 13:23, 12 July 2010

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	The Tex Notation system in Moodle 1.9.x and now in Moodle 2.0 is not a true TeX ~~notations~~ system. It is a "failsafe" or a "fallback" to ensure that Users can produce a passable maths markup language document. Using it is not simple, yet this is not a Moodle issue, but rather the issue lies with the manner in which TeX notation has developed. The various brands of TeX and other math markup languages have become something of a nightmare to try and find any reasonable consistency. Most use sub-sets and variations of TeX rules and fonts and symbols that seem to be developed on the whim of the developer rather than any consistent mathematical strategy. Also the lack of user friendly documentation has worked against the easy spread of knowledge here, but what is worse, and this is the problem for the Moodle Community, the lack of directly related documentation in using TeX Notation in Moodle has not been helpful. (Having said these things, I am sure that many people will disagree - but I accept there is a large difference between what the developers of the various TeX "standards" consider "consistent" and reality..:) )		The Tex Notation system in Moodle 1.9.x and now in Moodle 2.0 is not a true TeX notation system. It is a "failsafe" or a "fallback" to ensure that Users can produce a passable maths markup language document. Using it is not simple, yet this is not a Moodle issue, but rather the issue lies with the manner in which TeX notation has developed. The various brands of TeX and other math markup languages have become something of a nightmare to try and find any reasonable consistency. Most use sub-sets and variations of TeX rules and fonts and symbols that seem to be developed on the whim of the developer rather than any consistent mathematical strategy. Also the lack of user friendly documentation has worked against the easy spread of knowledge here, but what is worse, and this is the problem for the Moodle Community, the lack of directly related documentation in using TeX Notation in Moodle has not been helpful. (Having said these things, I am sure that many people will disagree - but I accept there is a large difference between what the developers of the various TeX "standards" consider "consistent" and reality..:) )

	Please help by adding your own examples and rules to these pages. If you notice an error, please change it, if you see something missing, please add it.		Please help by adding your own examples and rules to these pages. If you notice an error, please change it, if you see something missing, please add it.

ColinFraser: /* Reserved Characters and Keywords */

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Reserved Characters and Keywords

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	'''WARNING:''' If you get a dimension wrong on a line, it can actually prevent you from creating any new TeX. You will see the offending control sequence in its natural state. Everything that you have written to that point will work, but nothing you have written after that will.		'''WARNING:''' If you get a dimension wrong on a line, it can actually prevent you from creating any new TeX. You will see the offending control sequence in its natural state. Everything that you have written to that point will work, but nothing you have written after that will.

			==Maths Mode==
			A full TeX version has two modes, a "text mode" and a "maths mode" and Moodle stays in maths mode. Perhaps a better description of what happens is that Moodle allows a writer to enter maths mode when the $$ symbols are written and leave it when the $$ symbol appears a second time.

	==Superscripts, Subscripts and Roots==		==Superscripts, Subscripts and Roots==