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Create an exam style, convert to LaTeX #539

Open rbeezer opened 7 years ago

rbeezer commented 7 years ago

Add new elements for new mathbook\exam with a conversion to at least LaTeX. This is a big project and will be very educational for somebody wanting to learn XSL.

Consult with Beezer about new elements before going too far on this one.

kcrisman commented 7 years ago

I just have to ask ... what would the purpose of an html conversion be? And if one only had one conversion, wouldn't that sort of defeat the "write once, publish anywhere" philosophy - and one should just use LaTeX in the first place? (This is intended to be a constructive question clarifying the parameters and needs for this style, not just a whine.)

davidfarmer commented 7 years ago

If you use MBX for other things, like you are writing a book, then it would be nice to be able to cut and paste between your book and your exams. That justifies MBX, even if you only use the PDF of the exam.

Maybe you maintain a website with your old exams, and maybe you post the HTML versions?

On Wed, 8 Mar 2017, kcrisman wrote:

I just have to ask ... what would the purpose of an html conversion be? And if one only had one conversion, wouldn't that sort of defeat the "write once, publish anywhere" philosophy - and one should just use LaTeX in the first place? (This is intended to be a constructive question clarifying the parameters and needs for this style, not just a whine.)

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kcrisman commented 7 years ago

Okay, I'm sold, thanks for those very reasonable examples. That also will help clarify what sort of example document this ticket produces.

rbeezer commented 7 years ago

On 03/08/2017 12:37 PM, davidfarmer wrote:

If you use MBX for other things, like you are writing a book, then it would be nice to be able to cut and paste between your book and your exams. That justifies MBX, even if you only use the PDF of the exam.

Exactly what I would have said.

Maybe you maintain a website with your old exams, and maybe you post the HTML versions?

Sort of like the bottom half of this:

http://buzzard.ups.edu/courses/2017spring/290s2017.html