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3 March 31, 2012 Version 1.74
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7 Copyright(c) 2002-2012, John Forkosh Associates, Inc. All rights reserved.
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11 john@forkosh.com www.forkosh.com
13 This file is part of mimeTeX, which is free software.
14 You may redistribute and/or modify it under the terms
15 of the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later,
16 as published by the Free Software Foundation. See
17 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
19 MimeTeX is discussed and illustrated online at
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
30 http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html
31 then click its "full mimeTeX manual" link and see
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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
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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
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
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)
94 COPYING GPL license, under which you may use mimeTeX
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
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
110 Or, for an executable that emits gif images without
112 cc -DGIF mimetex.c gifsave.c -lm -o mimetex.cgi
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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179 A more detailed account of mimeTeX's revision history
180 is maintained at http://www.forkosh.com/mimetexchangelog.html
182 03/31/12 J.Forkosh version 1.74 released.
183 08/24/11 J.Forkosh version 1.72 released.
184 09/06/08 J.Forkosh version 1.70 released.
185 11/30/04 J.Forkosh version 1.60 released
186 10/02/04 J.Forkosh version 1.50 released on CTAN with various new
187 features and fixes, and updated documentation.
188 07/18/04 J.Forkosh version 1.40 re-released on CTAN with minor
189 changes, e.g., \mathbb font and nested \array's
191 03/21/04 J.Forkosh version 1.40 released on CTAN, with improved
192 LaTeX compatibility, various new features and
193 fixes, including fix to work under Windows.
194 12/21/03 J.Forkosh version 1.30 released on CTAN, with improved
195 LaTeX compatibility and anti-aliasing, various new
196 features, and thoroughly updated documentation.
197 10/17/03 J.Forkosh version 1.20 released on CTAN, adding picture
198 environment and various other changes (e.g.,
199 more delimiters arbitrarily sized) and fixes.
200 07/29/03 J.Forkosh version 1.10 released on CTAN, completely replacing
201 mimeTeX's original built-in fonts with thinner and
202 more pleasing fonts, and adding one larger size.
203 06/27/03 J.Forkosh version 1.01 released on CTAN, adding lowpass
204 anti-aliasing for gifs, and http_referer checks,
205 and fixing a few very obscure bugs.
206 12/11/02 J.Forkosh version 1.00 released on CTAN, fixing \array bug
207 and adding various new features.
208 10/31/02 J.Forkosh version 0.99 released on CTAN
209 09/18/02 J.Forkosh internal beta test release
212 V. CONCLUDING REMARKS
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214 I hope you find mimeTeX useful. If so, a contribution to your
215 country's TeX Users Group, or to the GNU project, is suggested,
216 especially if you're a company that's currently profitable.
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