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 LaTeX for Movable Type

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Converts TeX formatting to fancy images. Great for mathematical formulas!

Requirements

TeX, ImageMagick

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Alexander Mikhalev Author Profile Page

August 28, 2009 1:02 PM | Reply

Since link to plugin page no longer works I publish here link to my repository: http://bitbucket.org/alex_mikhalev/latex/ It's updated Nick's version with latex multiline formula support

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hedong Author Profile Page

January 25, 2010 10:49 PM | Reply

How to deploy/install the plugin?

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A. Download the plugin.

B. Make directories needed as following and put files in appropriate directory respectively.

$MT_HOME/plugins/latex/LaTeX.pl

$MT_HOME/plugins/latex/lib/LaTeXRender.pm

$MT_HOME/plugins/latex/tmpl/system_config.tmpl

C. Make working directories for this plugin.

$SITE_ROOT/latex

$SITE_ROOT/tmp

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How to input mathematical formulas?

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All formulas may be input in the entry edit box when creating a new entry or modifying an existing one. Here are two examples.

$latex a_2$

$latex \frac{1}{2}$

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Some hacks needed for MT 4.3 (English version).

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A. Modify $MT_HOME/plugins/latex/LaTeX.pl

To comment this line:

print $latex_formula

B. Modify "Entry Summary" template

REPLACE <$mt:EntryBody$> WITH <MTEntryBody latex=1>

C. Modify "Entry" template

REPLACE <$mt:EntryBody$> WITH <MTEntryBody latex=1>