Extension:TeX Editor

The TeX Editor allows for representation of mathematical figures and formulae by editing TeX expressions.

Features

 * You can edit TeX expressions representing mathematical formulae
 * in a textarea input field and directly see the result in an AJAX preview box.
 * There are configurable, clickable icons for inserting predefined TeX expressions
 * defined on your user page "User:yourname/TEX/Favorites" (if available); or
 * defined on the page "TEX/Favorites" (if available); or
 * defined by the code.
 * There is a special page: "The TEX Box"; as well as
 * a new toolbar icon $$\textstyle \sum$$ for opening the TeX editor when editing a normal wiki page (provided you allowed popup windows to be opened), formulae including the math-tags can be directly insterted into the editor area.

Installation

 * enable math support on your wiki (see the README file in the math directory)
 * create a new file "SpecialTexbox.php" in the directory "includes" of your mediawiki installation
 * copy the code from Extension:TEX Editor/Code into the file "SpecialTexbox.php"
 * add these three lines to "LocalSettings.php"


 * create a new page "TEX/Favorites" on your wiki and copy the content of Extension:TEX Editor/TEX/Favorites
 * open the page "MediaWiki:Texbox" on your wiki and insert the text "The TEX Box"
 * go to the special page "The TEX Box" and give it a try (The first load of the page may take some time.)
 * open any wiki page for editing and click on the new toolbar icon $$\textstyle \sum$$

Tested on
 * Firefox, IE
 * MediaWiki 1.9.0