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1.2 ! riegler 3: September 6, 2008 Version 1.70
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5: m i m e T e X R e a d m e F i l e
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1.2 ! riegler 7: Copyright(c) 2002-2008, John Forkosh Associates, Inc. All rights reserved.
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9:
10: by: John Forkosh
11: john@forkosh.com www.forkosh.com
12:
13: This file is part of mimeTeX, which is free software.
14: You may redistribute and/or modify it under the terms
1.2 ! riegler 15: of the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later,
1.1 albertel 16: as published by the Free Software Foundation. See
17: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
18:
19: MimeTeX is discussed and illustrated online at
20: its homepage
21: http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html
22: Or you can follow the Quick Start instructions below
23: (or the more detailed instructions in Section III)
24: to immediately install mimeTeX on your own machine.
25: Then point your browser to
26: http://www.yourdomain.com/mimetex.html
27: for a demo/tutorial and reference.
28: Installation problems? Point your browser to
29: mimeTeX's homepage
30: http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html
31: then click its "full mimeTeX manual" link and see
32: Section II.
33:
34:
35: I. QUICK START
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37: To compile and install mimeTeX
38: * unzip mimetex.zip in any convenient working directory
39: * to produce an executable that emits anti-aliased
40: gif images (recommended)
41: cc -DAA mimetex.c gifsave.c -lm -o mimetex.cgi
42: -or- for gif images without anti-aliasing
43: cc -DGIF mimetex.c gifsave.c -lm -o mimetex.cgi
44: -or- to produce an executable that emits mime xbitmaps
45: cc -DXBITMAP mimetex.c -lm -o mimetex.cgi
46: (For Windows, see "Compile Notes" in Section III below.)
47: * mv mimetex.cgi to your server's cgi-bin/ directory
48: * mv mimetex.html to your server's htdocs/ directory
49: * if the relative path from htdocs to cgi-bin isn't
50: ../cgi-bin then edit mimetex.html and change the
51: few dozen occurrences as necessary.
52: Then, to quickly learn more about mimeTeX
53: * point your browser to www.yourdomain.com/mimetex.html
54: Any problems with the above?
55: * read the more detailed instructions below,
56: or see http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html
57:
58:
59: II. INTRODUCTION
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61: MimeTeX, licensed under the gpl, lets you easily embed LaTeX math in
62: your html pages. It parses a LaTeX math expression and immediately
63: emits the corresponding gif image, rather than the usual TeX dvi.
64: And mimeTeX is an entirely separate little program that doesn't
65: use TeX or its fonts in any way. It's just one cgi that you put in
66: your site's cgi-bin/ directory, with no other dependencies.
67: So mimeTeX is very easy to install. And it's equally easy to use.
68: Just place an html <img> tag in your document wherever you want to
69: see the corresponding LaTeX expression. For example,
70: <img src="../cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?f(x)=\int_{-\infty}^x~e^{-t^2}dt"
71: border=0 align=absmiddle>
72: generates and displays the corresponding gif image on-the-fly,
73: wherever you put that <img> tag. MimeTeX doesn't need intermediate
74: dvi-to-gif conversion, and it doesn't clutter your filesystem with
75: separate little gif files for each converted expression. (Optional
76: image caching does store gif files, and subsequently reads them as
77: needed, rather than re-rendering the same images every time a page
78: is reloaded.)
79:
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81: III. COMPILATION AND INSTALLATION
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83: I've built and run mimeTeX under Linux and NetBSD using gcc.
84: The source code is ansi-standard C, and should compile
85: and execute under all environments without any change whatsoever.
86: Build instructions below are for Unix. Modify them as necessary
87: for your particular situation. Note the -DWINDOWS switch if
88: applicable.
89:
90: Unzip mimetex.zip in any convenient working directory.
91: Your working directory should now contain
92: mimetex.zip your gnu zipped mimeTeX distribution containing...
93: README this file (see mimetex.html for demo/tutorial)
1.2 ! riegler 94: COPYING GPL license, under which you may use mimeTeX
1.1 albertel 95: mimetex.c mimeTeX source program and all required functions
96: mimetex.h header file for mimetex.c (and for gfuntype.c)
97: gfuntype.c parses output from gftype -i and writes bitmap data
98: texfonts.h output from several gfuntype runs, needed by mimetex.c
99: gifsave.c gif library by Sverre H. Huseby <sverrehu@online.no>
100: mimetex.html sample html document, mimeTeX demo and tutorial
101: Note: all files in mimetex.zip use Unix line termination,
102: i.e., linefeeds (without carriage returns) signal line endings.
103: Conversion for Windows, Macs, VMS, etc, can usually be accomplished
104: with unzip's -a option, i.e., unzip -a mimetex.zip
105:
106: Now, to compile a mimeTeX executable that emits anti-aliased gif
107: images (recommended for most uses), type the command
108: cc -DAA mimetex.c gifsave.c -lm -o mimetex.cgi
109:
110: Or, for an executable that emits gif images without
111: anti-aliasing,
112: cc -DGIF mimetex.c gifsave.c -lm -o mimetex.cgi
113:
114: Alternatively, to compile a mimeTeX executable that emits
115: mime xbitmaps, just type the command
116: cc -DXBITMAP mimetex.c -lm -o mimetex.cgi
117:
118: Compile Notes:
119: * If (and only if) you're compiling a Windows executable
120: with the -DAA or -DGIF option (but not -DXBITMAP), then
121: add -DWINDOWS also. For example,
122: cc -DAA -DWINDOWS mimetex.c gifsave.c -lm -o mimetex.cgi
123: The above Unix-like syntax works with MinGW (http://www.mingw.org)
124: and djgpp (http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/) Windows compilers, but
125: probably not with most others, where it's only intended as a
126: "template".
127: * Several additional command-line options that you may find
128: useful are discussed in Section IId (href="#options")
129: of your mimetex.html page.
130:
131: That's all there is to building mimeTeX. You can now test your
132: mimetex.cgi executable from the Unix command line by typing, e.g.,
133: ./mimetex.cgi "x^2+y^2"
134: which should emit two ascii rasters something like the following
135: Ascii dump of bitmap image... Hex dump of colormap indexes...
136: ........**..................**.. .......1**1................1**1.
137: .......*..*.....*..........*..*. .......*23*.....*..........*23*.
138: ..........*.....*.............*. ..........*.....*.............*.
139: .***......*.....*....**.*.....*. .***1....2*.....*....**3*....2*.
140: .**.*....*......*....**.*....*.. .**.*...1*......*....**.*...1*..
141: ..*.....*.*..******...*.*...*.*. ..*....2*.*..******...*.*..2*.*.
142: **.*...****.....*....*.*...****. **.*...****.....*....*.*2..****.
143: ****............*.....**........ ****............*....1**........
144: ................*......*........ ................*......*........
145: ................*....**......... ................*....**1........
146: The 5 colormap indexes denote rgb...
147: .-->255 1-->196 2-->186 3-->177 *-->0
148: The right-hand illustration shows asterisks in the same positions as
149: the left-hand one, along with anti-aliased grayscale colormap indexes
150: assigned to neighboring pixels, and with the rgb value for each
151: index. Just typing ./mimetex.cgi without an argument should produce
152: ascii rasters for the default expression f(x)=x^2. If you see the
153: two ascii rasters then your binary's good, so mv it to your server's
154: cgi-bin/ directory and set permissions as necessary.
155:
156: Once mimetex.cgi is working, mv it to your server's cgi-bin/ directory
157: (wherever cgi programs are expected), and chmod/chown it as necessary.
158: Then mv mimetex.html to your server's htdocs/ directory. Now point
159: your browser to www.yourdomain.com/mimetex.html and you should see
160: your mimeTeX user's manual reference page.
161:
162: Install Notes:
163: * These two directories are typically of the form
164: somewhere/www/cgi-bin/ and somewhere/www/htdocs/
165: so I set up mimtex.html to access mimetex.cgi from
166: the relative path ../cgi-bin/ If your directories
167: are non-conforming, you may have to edit the few dozen
168: occurrences of ../cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi in mimetex.html
169: Sometimes a suitable symlink works. If not, you'll
170: have to edit. In that case, globally changing
171: ../cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi often works.
172: * Either way, once mimetex.html displays properly, you can
173: assume everything is working, and can begin authoring html
174: documents using mimetex.cgi to render your own math.
175:
176:
177: IV. REVISION HISTORY
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1.2 ! riegler 179: A more detailed account of mimeTeX's revision history
! 180: is maintained at http://www.forkosh.com/mimetexchangelog.html
! 181: ---
! 182: 09/06/08 J.Forkosh version 1.70 released.
! 183: 11/30/04 J.Forkosh version 1.60 released
1.1 albertel 184: 10/02/04 J.Forkosh version 1.50 released on CTAN with various new
185: features and fixes, and updated documentation.
186: 07/18/04 J.Forkosh version 1.40 re-released on CTAN with minor
187: changes, e.g., \mathbb font and nested \array's
188: now supported.
189: 03/21/04 J.Forkosh version 1.40 released on CTAN, with improved
190: LaTeX compatibility, various new features and
191: fixes, including fix to work under Windows.
192: 12/21/03 J.Forkosh version 1.30 released on CTAN, with improved
193: LaTeX compatibility and anti-aliasing, various new
194: features, and thoroughly updated documentation.
195: 10/17/03 J.Forkosh version 1.20 released on CTAN, adding picture
196: environment and various other changes (e.g.,
197: more delimiters arbitrarily sized) and fixes.
198: 07/29/03 J.Forkosh version 1.10 released on CTAN, completely replacing
199: mimeTeX's original built-in fonts with thinner and
200: more pleasing fonts, and adding one larger size.
201: 06/27/03 J.Forkosh version 1.01 released on CTAN, adding lowpass
202: anti-aliasing for gifs, and http_referer checks,
203: and fixing a few very obscure bugs.
204: 12/11/02 J.Forkosh version 1.00 released on CTAN, fixing \array bug
205: and adding various new features.
206: 10/31/02 J.Forkosh version 0.99 released on CTAN
207: 09/18/02 J.Forkosh internal beta test release
208:
209:
210: V. CONCLUDING REMARKS
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212: I hope you find mimeTeX useful. If so, a contribution to your
213: country's TeX Users Group, or to the GNU project, is suggested,
214: especially if you're a company that's currently profitable.
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