I've found (and removed) the cause of MS word annoying message.

Any ODT Formula it's composed by two parts: the first, a MathML Markup code, and then the StarMath code (what do you see in the Formula editor as "the code" ). Both LibreOffice and OpenOffice don't require the first one, but seems that MS Word (although not explicitly) need it. Some little test that I've done to introduce the MathML code don't produce the expected result so, as for now, the MS office compatibility is limited to texts and images. [edit] The MathML code will be available ASAP.

Actually an idea could be to add an option to export ODT formulas as images; Further improvements could be added with the next OpenOffice or LibreOffice SDK.

[edit] Russian translation in progress, many tanks to mikekaganski

regards,

w3b5urf3r

Edited by user 21 January 2013 13:56:47(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Hi xyonx,

I think it's possible, I'll try to see what can be done

IMHO your multiline approach it's a very interesting way to represents results and could be an useful solution for Andrey to implement the "Display values with definition" request of SMath users.


best regards,

w3b5urf3r


P.S. the MS Word compatibility of ODT documents containing formulas was reached; with regard to the alignments of the functions I haven't found a way to force MS Word to do it.

Edited by user 23 January 2013 23:36:16(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

PLUGIN UPDATED

• added "Save as... > LaTeX Text Document";
  
• ODT saving:
  - ouptut ODTs now are compatible with MS word (brackets looks better than saving the file from libreoffice)
  - added options on ODT saving (Save text as images/Save formulas as images/evaluate equations)
  - "Print Area Regions" settings from "Page Setup..."
  - SMath texts on multiple lines now are shown on multiple lines even in the output file.
  - minor changes
  
• ODF saving: each evaluation (input formula/symbolic/numeric) written on a different line of code;
  
• Embedded languages: ENGLISH/ITALIAN/RUSSIAN

best regards,

w3b5urf3r

Edited by user 25 January 2013 19:05:39(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

w3bsurf3r,

Thank you for this new release.
Now that you have included MathML code to the plugin, would it be possible to add a "copy to clipboard as MathML" command and context menu item? It would be of a value for those who use Word and other apps that accept MathML right from the clipboard.

EDIT: here the required clipboard media types are explained. I suppose that simple "MathML" is enough.
Also, possibly there is a possibility to import the MathML from the clipboard (if you can implement the MathML-to-SMath conversion). The code to handle the clipboard in this case may be found here.

EDIT 2: copy to clipboard as TeX would be also desirable for uses such as Wiki and MathType.

Edited by user 26 January 2013 03:02:50(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Hi rising eagle, It's a good idea but quite complicated to generate undefined levels of nested equations/statements (but I've done something similare for LaTeX, where tables and formulas can be mixed easily).

About formulas in forum posts look here


Thank you Martin, you have found a couple of bugs... Actually I can change the output directory of new SMath files (maybe can be the desktop or documents folder); unfortunately seem that both and don't change when you save the file in another directory ...


Hi Mike, I'm not sure that I can add a new "global" context menu item from a plugin (and actually I'm not able to add a context menu item in a single function - one of my goals for NonlinearSolvers next stage of development)

However I think that is a good idea...



- left align the equations using \usepackage[fleqn]{amsmath} -> done
- typeset the break and continue statements in roman (mathrm) -> fixed (LaTeX/StarMath/MathML) (\operatorname may be better?)
- remove all empty lines (less space between equations) -> mhhh... we don't lose tex file readability from the user?
- provide choices (if possible with adjustable default settings) for
-- assignment operator (:= vs def over =)
-- equation numbering (starred or unstarred equation environment)
ok... consider that actually you can easily change the define equal of the entire file by editing the header




best regards,

w3b5urf3r

As for languages issues, my idea was to export the worksheet as a XeLaTeX document with XITS Math fonts and Linux Libertine fonts... it supports accented letters, german umlauts and cyrillic script...

That might be a good way. My exported docs compiled with xetex and had the umlauts right. With pdflatex they are lost by whatever reason. pdflatex works fine for my handbook, which is full of umlauts. But never mind, I'll just add "use xelatex to compile latex export" to the survival rules.

Martin

hi DC, thanx for updating plugins

try using plugins, save as ODF/ODT all symbols did not display (except for Pi) since it contains "i" at beginning symbol code in OOo math



and here's display result,



please consider, is this crucial for math? thx u

Edited by user 28 January 2013 11:10:14(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

It seems like xyonx have removed the standard content of the LO/OOO Math Collection. My system gives the same for %ivartheta.

Generally I prefer to use greek characters themselves (plus usual Math decoration) and avoid using the collection names. This makes greek to look consistent with other text, no need to use special font for greek since most modern unicode fonts support it, and it enables to use several "styles" of formulas (if using collection, I would need to define a full new set for each style). Maybe it's worth it to use unicode greek char codes instead of the %igreeknames?

However, there may be some pitfalls that I haven't met at my setup...

Thank you, I'll fix it ASAP! [DONE]


best regards,

w3b5urf3r

Edited by user 29 January 2013 17:57:10(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified