# Ritex 0.2 released: Latex -\> MathML converter **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [April 2, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ritex-0-2-released-latex-mathml-converter/164559 "2009-04-02T16:19:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![trucker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@trucker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/trucker)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ritex-0-2-released-latex-mathml-converter/164559/1 "2009-04-02T16:19:27Z")
It’s been almost four years since the last release, but I dusted off the ol’ codebase, fixed some bugs, added some features, and voila, a new release. Ritex turns “WebTeX” (essentially LaTeX math) into MathML. You can see it in action here: [Играть в игровые автоматы на деньги в Украине - Игровые автоматы](http://all-thing.net/label/stats/) Ritex features macro support, a bevy of heavy unit tests, and a pure-Ruby implementation. Interesting bits of the 0.2. release: - array options finally supported - better unary minus detection - various tweaks and bugfixes “gem install ritex”, or visit the homepage: [http://masanjin.net/ritex/](http://masanjin.net/ritex/). ---
**Author:** ![trucker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@trucker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/trucker)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ritex-0-2-released-latex-mathml-converter/164559/2 "2009-04-02T19:21:51Z")
William M. wrote: > It’s been almost four years since the last release, but I dusted off > the ol’ codebase, fixed some bugs, added some features, and voila, > a new release. > > Ritex turns “WebTeX” (essentially LaTeX math) into MathML. You can see > it in action here: [Играть в игровые автоматы на деньги в Украине - Игровые автоматы](http://all-thing.net/label/stats/) Is it supposed to look like this? dd2E[]+2=02E[]+2=0=E[] ---
**Author:** ![trucker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@trucker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/trucker)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ritex-0-2-released-latex-mathml-converter/164559/3 "2009-04-02T19:38:51Z")
Reformatted excerpts from Joel VanderWerf’s message of 2009-04-02: > Is it supposed to look like this? > > dd2E[]+2=02E[]+2=0=E[] Nope. The magic of MathML is that, 10 years later, it’s still a fight to get browsers to display it. Are you using Safari? Webkit doesn’t have Mathml support. Can you see the examples on [http://www.w3.org/Math/XSL/pmathml2.xml](http://www.w3.org/Math/XSL/pmathml2.xml)? ---
**Author:** ![trucker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@trucker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/trucker)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ritex-0-2-released-latex-mathml-converter/164559/4 "2009-04-02T21:11:34Z")
Reformatted excerpts from Joel VanderWerf’s message of 2009-04-02: > Ah, I was using Konqueror (so probably same as Safari or any > Webkit-based browser). > > In firefox, the equations do display nicely. This is presumably why sites like Wikipedia, which actually care about disseminating information and are not just futile platforms for shouting into the void in a frantic attempt to mask the horrifying lack of meaning to a lonely existence, generate images instead of using MathML. ---
**Author:** ![trucker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@trucker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/trucker)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ritex-0-2-released-latex-mathml-converter/164559/5 "2009-04-02T19:45:52Z")
William M. wrote: > Can you see the examples on [http://www.w3.org/Math/XSL/pmathml2.xml](http://www.w3.org/Math/XSL/pmathml2.xml)? Ah, I was using Konqueror (so probably same as Safari or any Webkit-based browser). In firefox, the equations do display nicely. ---
**Author:** ![trucker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@trucker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/trucker)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ritex-0-2-released-latex-mathml-converter/164559/6 "2009-04-02T21:34:27Z")
William M. wrote: > Reformatted excerpts from Joel VanderWerf’s message of 2009-04-02: > > > Ah, I was using Konqueror (so probably same as Safari or any > > Webkit-based browser). > > > > In firefox, the equations do display nicely. > > This is presumably why sites like Wikipedia, which actually care about > disseminating information and are not just futile platforms for shouting > into the void in a frantic attempt to mask the horrifying lack of > meaning to a lonely existence, generate images instead of using MathML. Webby does this too.