On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 08:39:43PM +0100, Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:
On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 10:18:54AM -0800, Axel Boldt wrote:
Unfortunately, the xypic package (which I consider the one feature that is really needed in the math area right now) as well as the other packages I listed all use their own idiosyncratic syntax quite unlike ordinary TeX. So extending texvc may not be quite as simple, and I'm afraid we are creating a development bottleneck by requiring the external parsing stage.
If the only thing that can be done with them is generating PNGs, then PNGs should be generated and uploaded. Syntax of xypic is neither widely-known nor (as far as I can see) very readable, so I don't see much benefit with it being generated on server.
It's editable if it's inline. Mistakes can be changed easily. Expecting a potential editor to have a running TeX installation to fix an error is a higher requirement than him having a browser.
Regards,
JeLuF