MathML

MathML stands for mathematical markup language. It is based on XML to be HTML-friendly.

Viewing

Firefox and Seamonkey can render MathML embedded in XHTML. I have compiled a MathML-capable version of Camino.

MathPlayer is a plugin for Internet Explorer on Windows.

Mathematical fonts

You need to install mathematical fonts (TEX and Mathematica fonts) to display special characters such as root glyph and long braces.

• TEX fonts : Install Computer Modern fonts (type 1 format) available from AMS FTP. Be sure to copy CM/PS screen from CM screen folder, togther with CMEX10...CMSY10 files.
• Mathematica Fonts : An installer is available from Mozilla MathML font page.

Authoring

itex2MML is an authoring tool for MathML. It reads itex embedded html files to to generate xhtml+mathml files. Jacques Distler distributes binaries for Mac OS X and Linux. MathZilla provides web service based on itex2MML.

Amaya is an XHTML/MathML authoring tool from w3c.

Mozilla bugs

I am (or was) working on these bugs at bugzilla.mozilla.org.

• Opacity regression for mac
• Hide ignorable characters (like soft hyphen)
• Text should be copied as composed form
• thebes/mac text implementation
• Build error for widget library on MacOSX 10.3.9
• Camino does not support MathML (fixed)
• Add non-BMP unicode support, (Windows patch)
• Use ATSUI for text rendering
• Roman string in the UI should be rendered with Lucida Grande (fixed)
• XPCOM_BREAK_ON_LOAD broken (fixed)
• Minus sign missing in MathML (fixed)
• Symbol font is missing (fixed)
• Wrong symbols for TeX fonts