Hi Moritz, I believe this is great news for many users since this extensions was among the extensions giving the most pain in the past from what I have seen or even experienced myself. I very much apprechate your effort and so do others too. I am sure! Thank you!!!
This comes also just in time for the upcoming LTS release of MediaWiki which makes this even a better treat. :) Cheers Karsten Am 06.03.2018 um 12:09 schrieb Physikerwelt: > In the past, administrators of MediaWiki installations faced a > challenging installation procedure when they tried to enable rendering > of mathematical formulae. As of February 22, no configuration or > custom installation is required with the latest versions of MediaWiki > core and the Math extension, if your wiki is connected to the > internet. > > This is how it’s done: > For wikis connected to the internet: Simply download the latest > versions for both of Mediawiki core [1] and the Math extension [2] and > that's it. The latest version can be obtained by selecting “master” in > the extension distributor. > > For wikis not connected to the internet: > Download the latest version of Mediawiki core [1] and the Math extension [2]. > Install the node module mathoid [4]. We recommend using Node version 8 > LTS [5], if node.js is not installed on the server. Mathoid can be > installed to any location of your server that is accessible to the web > server. For instance, in the location of the Math extension. > After having installed and tested (e.g., by running npm test) the > mathoid installation, point your MediaWiki to this location by adding > the following config to your LocalSettings.php file: > > $wgMathoidCli = ['/srv/mathoid/cli.js', '-c', '/srv/mathoid/config.dev.yaml']; > > Replace /srv/mathoid with the location of your mathoid installation > and run update.php [6]. > > If you have any issues with the installation, please file a > phabricator ticket using the following link > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/create/?projects=MediaWiki-extensions-Math > > > Links and further reading: > [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_Git > [2] Documentation of the Math extension > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math** > [3] Extension distributor > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ExtensionDistributor/Math > [4] Mathoid node package https://www.npmjs.com/package/mathoid > [5] Node homepage https://nodejs.org/en/ > [6] How to run the database update > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Update.php > > Scientific Paper: Moritz Schubotz, Gabriel Wicke: Mathoid: Robust, > Scalable, Fast and Accessible Math Rendering for Wikipedia. CICM 2014: > 224-235 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1404.6179.pdf > > Required versions: > * For offline Math rendering MediaWiki core must include patch > https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/399768/ > ** The math extension must include patch > https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/372100/ > > -- > Moritz Schubotz > Researcher > > isg.uni-konstanz.de/people/moritz-schubotz > +49 1578 047 1397 > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
