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snarkophilus · 03-31-2021, 08:12 AM

Hi folks,

How do I get Sigil to render MathML/MathJax the the preview window? I've only just discovered MathML and wanted to have a bit of a tinker.

I've got two sample epubs, one from the Calibre documentation and a linear algebra epub from this EPUB 3 samples page, neither of which render anything math like in the preview window.

I've also tried creating a new epub3 and putting this following snippet in the body (this from Accessible Publishing Knowledge Base MathML page):

Code:

<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"
      alttext="Frac Root a EndRoot Over b EndFrac">
   <mfrac>
      <msqrt>
         <mtext>a</mtext>
      </msqrt>
      <mi>b</mi>
   </mfrac>
</math>

Both epubs and the above snippet in a new epub work with the calibre epub editor.

I've tried ticking the two boxes ("epubs may access remote resources" and "epubs may use javascript") in the General Settings / Security prefs but no change to preview rendering. I've seen references to MathML in the Sigil forums (eg here and here and this thread), so I figure I must be missing something simple. There's no mention of "math" in the Sigil User's Guide.

This is with Sigil 1.5.1 on Windows 10.

03-31-2021, 08:12 AM	#1
snarkophilus Wannabe Connoisseur Posts: 426 Karma: 2516674 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Geelong, Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura 2, Sony PRS-T1, Sony PRS-350, Palm TX	How to use MathML/MathJax Hi folks, How do I get Sigil to render MathML/MathJax the the preview window? I've only just discovered MathML and wanted to have a bit of a tinker. I've got two sample epubs, one from the Calibre documentation and a linear algebra epub from this EPUB 3 samples page, neither of which render anything math like in the preview window. I've also tried creating a new epub3 and putting this following snippet in the body (this from Accessible Publishing Knowledge Base MathML page): Code: <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="Frac Root a EndRoot Over b EndFrac"> <mfrac> <msqrt> <mtext>a</mtext> </msqrt> <mi>b</mi> </mfrac> </math> Both epubs and the above snippet in a new epub work with the calibre epub editor. I've tried ticking the two boxes ("epubs may access remote resources" and "epubs may use javascript") in the General Settings / Security prefs but no change to preview rendering. I've seen references to MathML in the Sigil forums (eg here and here and this thread), so I figure I must be missing something simple. There's no mention of "math" in the Sigil User's Guide. This is with Sigil 1.5.1 on Windows 10. Last edited by snarkophilus; 03-31-2021 at 08:16 AM.