WordPress-Latex integration

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  vkilohani · Member · Apr 2, 2014 at 2:50 pm

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  Every time I need to write in math-mode, I am forced to type $latex….$. Basically, it’s a lot of extra work if a lot of equations are there. I believe, if you could have the feature where typing “latex” once gets you into the latex mode and “end latex” or something similar gets you out, it would make things much simpler.

  Thanks and regards!

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  wpgaurav · Member · Apr 6, 2014 at 4:36 am

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  That is a great idea but not even 1% users on WordPress.com use LaTeX markup, so this appears lame to have a dedicated button for that. What you are wishing to have? :)

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  vkilohani · Member · Apr 6, 2014 at 4:44 am

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  Well, you can see my blog. :)

  In particular, it took me a lot of time to write a post on a particular functional equation. Debugging also became a mess. And sometimes it didn’t render the equation even though everything was correct. I had to edit, post, re-post, rinse-repeat. I believe that reduces the fun in posting.

  Now, that may force me to discuss stuff only qualitatively…but then how do you communicate theoretical physics in just words?! :) It does get boring that way.

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  wpgaurav · Member · Apr 6, 2014 at 4:48 am

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  I understand. WordPress.com LaTeX doesn’t have complete support for all of the TeX commands. I use TeXStudio like apps to write usual LaTeX code and then I use LaTeX2WP script to convert them as WordPress compatible commands.
  PS: It’s other thing that I have moved to self-host WordPress.

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  maikolsolis · Member · Apr 21, 2014 at 12:20 pm

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  I completely agree with vkilohani.
  Write a scientific blog is just an odyssey. It would be very neat something easier like the implementation of some shortcode (e.g., [latexpage] or [latex]) that activates LaTeX natively through all the post.