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Post by ziggy on May 5, 2013 10:32:16 GMT -5
Hey Everyone! Over the past few hours, I've been enabling (and disabling) new features, and here's what I've added permanently thus far: LaTeX - is now supported! You need to use BBCode to make it work. For more information, contact Wirespeed. Notifications in Browser - is now available! A (n), where n is a whole number integer greater than zero (haha, math) will be displayed if you have notifications! Go to Top/Bottom of Page - is now featured with that button on the bottom right hand corner of your screen (it's grey and has a while down/up arrow in it)! It allows you to get to the top and bottom of pages quickly! Recent Posts - is now a menu option at the top! It will show you all of the recent posts made! Engineering Karma/ ENGXPR - is now another factor that allows us to determine exactly where you are in terms of your contributions to the forum! Higher numbers means you post more or create more topics! those with higher numbers for this stat in addition to good posts will be considered for moderator positions. New features will be coming! Stay tuned! Best, Ziggy
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Post by Wirespeed on May 5, 2013 11:35:53 GMT -5
On the subject of LaTeX (pronounced lay-tech - that last X is actually supposed to be a Greek Chi) I'll put together a more comprehensive guide of sorts when I have some time after finals if someone'll remind me to. Here's some basic information: \( \LaTeX \) is a markup language that allows you to do a bunch of cool stuff. In this case, we're using it because it makes awesome-looking math equations and such. In general, it's also used to write papers and textboooks and such. Math departments use a ton from what I've noticed In order to trigger the script we're using, you need to use the following delimiters around it: for inline equations you use \'(...\'), while for paragraph equations you use \'[...\'] (DON'T include the apostrophes!). In between those, you write your equation. For tips on commands and such, check out this wiki: www.artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki/index.php/LaTeX:Symbols along with related articles for example, our friend, the quadratic formula, uses this code: \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^{2} - 4ac}}{2a} (spaces are unnecessary and are not processed by the script, but they do help legibility!) That produces: \[\frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^{2} - 4ac}}{2a}\] I hope this helps for now. Some troubleshooting: Try reloading the page if the TeX text goes away or something like that. With me, I've noticed it doesn't like to display the first time after I make/edit a post. Also, feel free to try playing around with some settings. MathJax, the script we're using, has some display options. You can find them by right-clicking on the TeX text. If things don't seem to be displaying right, go into the right-click menu, go to "Math Settings" and go to "Math Rendering" and try choosing a different option. Like, say, MathML doesn't display the quadratic formula correctly for me because my browser doesn't support it, but HTML-CSS and SVG formats do display correctly. This MathJax FAQ should be able to answer some questions too. Also: Supported TeX commandsAnd for those who have enough time: The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX
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