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MathQuill

MathQuill is a web formula editor designed to make typing math easy and beautiful.

Originally written by Han, Jeanine, and Mary (maintainers@mathquill.com).

This version of MathQuill is completely rewritten using TypeScript, is built with Webpack, and is intended for use with the open-source online homework system WeBWorK.

Getting Started

MathQuill has a simple interface. This brief example creates a MathQuill element and renders, then reads a given input:

const MQ = MathQuill.getInterface();

const htmlElement = document.getElementById('some_id');

const config = {
  handlers: { edit: () => { ... } },
  restrictMismatchedBrackets: true
};

const mathField = MQ.MathField(htmlElement, config);

mathField.latex('2^{\\frac{3}{2}}'); // Renders the given LaTeX in the MathQuill field
mathField.latex(); // => '2^{\\frac{3}{2}}'

Docs

Check out the upstream Getting Started Guide for setup instructions and basic MathQuill usage.

Most documentation for MathQuill is located on ReadTheDocs.

Building MathQuill

To build mathquill, you will need a node.js installation. You can obtain it from nodejs.

To build MathQuill run:

npm install
npm run build

The resulting MathQuill build will be located in the build directory.

Test Server

Additionally you can run npm run serve which will automatically re-build and serve the demo, unit tests, and visual tests.

Then you can enter http://localhost:9292/demo.html, http://localhost:9292/unit-test.html, http://localhost:9292/visual-test.html, http://localhost:9292/input-test.html, http://localhost:9292/basic-test.html, or just http://localhost:9292 in your browser to view the various available pages.

Open-Source License

The Source Code Form of MathQuill is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0: http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/

The quick-and-dirty is you can do whatever if modifications to MathQuill are in public GitHub forks. (Other ways to publicize modifications are also fine, as are private use modifications. See also: MPL 2.0 FAQ)