coleshaw
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8 years ago Chad, I think what you are asking for is “power user” mode. You can do this already in the modal by just putting in raw HTML. You have to format it somewhat like:
\(x = {-b \pm \sqrt{b^2-4ac} \over 2a}\)
Note that it must be wrapped in a
tag, and then a then escaped with ( and ) (to get the iFrame to render correctly later).
You would be responsible for making sure that HTML is correct, to not break any further rendering.
Does that work as an option?
El may 26, 2016, a las 10:09 AM, Chad Lieberman notifications@github.com escribió:
Could we please try to make the authoring with TeX a bit smoother?
When authoring questions for College Algebra in particular, but also with Accounting, there is a lot of math. As I understand it and have been using it, the workflow for entering any math involves: (1) Clicking the math editor button (2) Deleting the automatically populated content (3) Writing the TeX (4) Clicking OK (5) Wrestling with the rich text editor to position the cursor properly after the included TeX This process is painful and time consuming. It probably more than doubles the time it takes to author questions.
It would be best if we could just author TeX directly into the editor like ( y = x^2 + 2x - 10 ). This is the way we had it set up in Qualtrics and it worked well for us. There are a few options in terms of when to render the TeX then: (1) queue it in MathJax on blur (2) don't render it in the modal, only in the main display I'm happy with either of these approaches. I'm not sure if Dipa has a preference.
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Could we please try to make the authoring with TeX a bit smoother?
When authoring questions for College Algebra in particular, but also with Accounting, there is a lot of math. As I understand it and have been using it, the workflow for entering any math involves: (1) Clicking the math editor button (2) Deleting the automatically populated content (3) Writing the TeX (4) Clicking OK (5) Wrestling with the rich text editor to position the cursor properly after the included TeX This process is painful and time consuming. It probably more than doubles the time it takes to author questions.
It would be best if we could just author TeX directly into the editor like:
( y = x^2 + 2x - 10 )
This is the way we had it set up in Qualtrics and it worked well for us. There are a few options in terms of when to render the TeX then: (1) queue it in MathJax on blur (2) don't render it in the modal, only in the main display I'm happy with either of these approaches. I'm not sure if Dipa has a preference.