[Mediawiki-l] Wikipedia Feature Suggestions (Inline Calculations)

[Lee Worden]

FYI: The WorkingWiki extension [1] can be used to plug in any number of 
math systems into a MW wiki, including Sage, Octave, Mathematica, etc.

For instance, one you install WW and add a simple makefile rule of the form
 > %.sage.out : %.sage
 >   (command-line operation here)
you can write the following in the wiki page:

<source-file filename="example.sage" display="example.sage.out">
1+2+3
</source-file>

and the number 6 will appear in the output wiki page.  You can 
alternatively have it produce a %.sage.html or %.sage.wikitext file to 
customize the output, and you can set a default display rule so you 
don't have to write the display= attribute.

At McMaster we primarily use it with R programs, but also with python, 
maxima, and other things.

lw

[1] http://lalashan.mcmaster.ca/theobio/projects/index.php/WorkingWiki

On 11/09/2011 12:41 AM, mediawiki-l-request at lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 18:15:45 -0800 (PST)
> From: badon<fastgoldfish at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Wikipedia Feature Suggestions (Inline
> 	Calculations)
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> That is one of the neatest ideas I have heard in a while. If you make an
> extension, please consider making it general enough that many different math
> systems can be plugged into it. My vote is for mathematica, but there are
> many, many others - including a few free and open source packages. Here's a
> good starting point for finding them all:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_software
>
>
>
>
> John W. Foster-2 wrote:
>> >
>> >  On Mon, 2011-11-07 at 22:36 -0800, badon wrote:
>>> >>  There is this extension, which seems to be designed to do what you're
>>> >>  asking
>>> >>  for:
>>> >>
>>> >>  http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CalcII
>>> >>
>>> >>  However, it is quite old and probably in need of updating. Nonetheless,
>>> >>  you
>>> >>  can give it a try to see if it works for you. Also, if you're inclined to
>>> >>  do
>>> >>  so, you could get involved in updating and maintaining the extension. I
>>> >>  agree, it would be a very nice thing to have for MediaWiki.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>  Jeff Brubaker wrote:
>>>> >>  >
>>>> >>  >  Hi,
>>>> >>  >  I'm a mechanical engineer and I've been trying online calculations.
>>>> >>  >  I'd like the ability to integrate calculators directly into wikipedia.
>>>> >>  >  I think this live attribute would be a great asset to engineers. I put
>>>> >>  >  an example up at
>>>> >>  >  http://www.novanumeric.com/wiki/index.php/Quadratic_Formula  I did that
>>>> >>  >  using an iframe though. Is there a better to implement this?
>>>> >>  >
>>>> >>  >  Regards,
>>>> >>  >  Jeff Brubaker
>>>> >>  >
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>>>> >>  >
>>>> >>  >
>>> >>
>> >
>> >  -------------------------
>> >  I too would have an interest in something like this as well. I have a
>> >  site that we are building that is for folks interested in cutting edge
>> >  physics. This might provide an interesting tool for us as well. Perhaps
>> >  something that would link into a real mathematics system even.
>> >  I,m going to look into this also.
>> >  Thanks for the link&  the idea.
>> >  frosty
>> >
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