MathJax support

[fgdorais]

Please enable MathJax everywhere it makes sense!

[sir-deenicus]

@cjlee112 - Something like MathJax.Hub.Queue(["Typeset",MathJax.Hub]); ?

[pkra]

@cjlee112 what @sir-deenicus wrote. See our docs at http://docs.mathjax.org/en/latest/typeset.html

[nilesjohnson]

On Mac OS, the "treat $ as inline math" button is working in Firefox and Safari, but not Chrome! In Chrome (for me) the button correctly toggles $ to ( ), but doesn't compile the math. Even when I visit a page where SPnet already thinks $ should be used for inline math, Chrome just shows ( and ). For example this abstract:

https://selectedpapers.net/arxiv/0809.0838

[nilesjohnson]

I tried this on a local install of spnet, and Chrome does render the math there. Checking the Chrome console, I read the following error:

The page at https://selectedpapers.net/arxiv/0809.0838 ran insecure content from http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML,Safe

The difference must be that the local site is served over http, while the live site is served over https. Googling around, I discovered the following in MathJax FAQ:

http://www.mathjax.org/resources/faqs/#problem-https

It says that getting content from the CDN over https is not available from the default address, but is available from the less-memorable but equally-functional alternate

https://c328740.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js

[cjlee112]

Great catch, Niles! I guess I'll switch to the https CDN address.

[cjlee112]

switched to https CDN. Please test that this fixes the Chrome problem you observed. Thanks!

[nilesjohnson]

Indeed the problem I observed is resolved; Chrome console shows no errors.