Re: behavior of @math with HTML output

[Raymond Toy]

On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 7:02 AM Patrice Dumas <pertusus@free.fr> wrote:

On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 01:31:20PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 12:40:08AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > >
> > >   * l2h generates image files as documented, which have many drawbacks
> > >     (do not work with text browsers, not accessible, font size issues
> > >     with a graphical browser...).
>
> Well, so, broken design. It does not conform to the accessibility
> rules and does not give correct rendering.

There is an ALT tag with the original LaTeX code.  Can you elaborate on
what is missing and how this could be improved?

> > >   * mathjax is not compatible with text browsers.
>
> Also broken design as there is no correct fallback for text browsers.

I tested the page https://mathjax.github.io/MathJax-demos-web/tex-chtml.html
with lynx (there are no Texinfo manuals with mathjax enabled I know of,
if anybody knows about one, please tell me), and the result seems good
to me, the LaTeX code is shown which is not a bad choice for math in
a terminal.

For one example of a texinfo doc using Mathjax, see https://maxima.common-lisp.dev/.  In particular, you can look at https://maxima.common-lisp.dev/docs/maxima_79.html.  A maxima user (who might be blind?) says that the MathJax-enabled formulas work really well with a screen reader.  Mathjax appears to support accessibility well.

I don't have lynx and actually have no interest in using a text-only browser.

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Pat

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Ray