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Philip

28 Sep, 2022 03:34 AM

I'm using MMD 6.6.0 on Windows 10. I installed LaTeX afterward.

I'm trying to get math equations working so I can use Markdown syntax to compose class notes viewable in a browser:

   multimarkdown.exe inputfile.txt > outputfile.html

The math examples aren't working for me:

   \\[ {e}^{i\pi }+1=0 \\]
   $${e}^{i\pi }+1=0$$

gives me:

   \[ {e}^{i\pi }+1=0 \]
   \[{e}^{i\pi }+1=0\]

But subscript and superscript work fine. I'm not sure what's wrong and probably needing to be installed. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks!

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by fletcher on 11 Dec, 2022 09:57 PM

   

   Sorry for the delay -- this got sent to the spam folder, which I don't check very often.

   Are you using MathJax or some other tool to format math? MultiMarkdown appears to be working properly from what you included, but you need something to format the LaTeX.

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2. 2 Posted by Purchase Web Tr... on 03 Mar, 2025 12:15 PM

   

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3. 3 Posted by adrian on 07 Mar, 2025 07:58 PM

   

   Dear Fletcher,

   Please let me know, if you have received my present e-mail, or if it landed again into your spam folder.

   Could you please expand, what you mean by «formatting my LaTeX» please?
   I have downloaded TeXshop v.5.28, TeX Live Utility 1.54 and the rest in January 2025.

   Thank you for clarifying our suggestion for me,
   Adrian

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4. Support Staff 4 Posted by fletcher on 08 Mar, 2025 02:38 AM

   

   MultiMarkdown’s job is to find the sections of math and output it in a format that can be detected by LaTeX, which it did.

   You are using math in an HTML file, which does not support LaTeX (it’s HTML after all.). So you need a javascript to convert LaTeX into HTML.

   https://fletcher.github.io/MultiMarkdown-6/syntax/math.html

   Fletcher

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