Marlysson
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4 years ago Hello @jaltekruse What a wondeful project, very well written and useful.
I'm working with a similar project. A builder of math formulas and I' in the step to add the linear equations on my system.
I saw that you are using the MathQuill to add some math elements ( me too ) but it doesn't support case/*matrix elements in its input elements.
Were you able to work around this problem? ( Your suggestion of using a step to add grid with number of columns and lines is so great, I'm almost trying this too )
jaltekruse
Not quite sure how hard this would be to add to the editor. It has support for curly braces {} for use as grouping symbols. It might be hard to make it intuitive with just a keyboard as the giant curly brace for linear systems should probably be totally distinct from the grouping symbol.
Users would need a way to enter a variable number of expressions, which is a similar problem to managing the size of a matrix.
Possible solutions could include an extra step during insertion, similar to the table insertion in modern MS Word. There they show a mini grid and users highlight an N by M rectangle to pick the size.
Another possible solution is starting with some minimum number in each direction and giving a button on the interface to insert a new row/column. This might have complexities of expectations to behave like an excel table, with the options to insert rows and columns above and below (or to the left/right) of any existing ones.