Math for the Masses, WordPress.com now support Latex formatting. Happy Friday!
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I hope this gets built into standard WP
Oh, sweet!
Hi Matt, would it be possible to provide the LaTeX math to image transforming currently done at WP.com as a service to self-hosted blogs (like Akismet)?
I coded up a simple plugin that leeches off of the LaTeX service at WP.com aptly called parasiteLaTeX. It’s a demo :). However, if you don’t approve of this kind of hotlinking, I’m more than happy to pull the post from my site.
That’s frickin’ cool!