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, [email protected] wrote: > Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 18:15:45 -0800 (PST) > From: badon<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Wikipedia Feature Suggestions (Inline > Calculations) > To:[email protected] > Message-ID:<[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > 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 >>>> >> > >>>> >> > _______________________________________________ >>>> >> > MediaWiki-l mailing list >>>> >> > [email protected] >>>> >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>> >> >> > >> > ------------------------- >> > 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 >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > MediaWiki-l mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >> > >> > > -- View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/Wikipedia-Feature-Suggestions-%28Inline-Calculations%29-tp32704117p32808226.html > Sent from the WikiMedia General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
