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<h3>Future WWW technologies and (La)TeX</h3>
<p/>An earlier answer
-(<a href="FAQ-LaTeX2HTML.html">&ldquo;converting to HTML&rdquo;</a>)
+(<a href="FAQ-LaTeX2HTML.html">&#8220;converting to HTML&#8221;</a>)
addresses the issue of converting existing (La)TeX documents for
viewing on the Web as HTML. All the present techniques are
somewhat flawed: the answer explains why.
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ support for new Web standards.
has had major browser support since 2002 with richness of mathematical
content for online purposes approaching that of TeX for print.
Browser support for MathML is provided by <i>amaya</i>, the
- &lsquo;Open Source&rsquo; browser <i>mozilla</i> (and its derivatives
+ &#8216;Open Source&#8217; browser <i>mozilla</i> (and its derivatives
including <i>NetScape</i>, <i>Firefox</i> and <i>Galeon</i>) and
<i>Internet Explorer</i> when equipped with a suitable plug-in
such as <i>MathPlayer</i>.
- There&rsquo;s evidence that (La)TeX users are starting to use such
+ There&#8217;s evidence that (La)TeX users are starting to use such
browsers. Some believe that XHTML+MathML now provides
better online viewing than PDF.
Work to produce XHTML+MathML is well advanced in both the
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ support for new Web standards.
the <a href="http://www.albany.edu/~hammond/gellmu/"><em>GELLMU</em> Project</a>.
Its <em>article</em> XML document type, which has a markup vocabulary
close to LaTeX that can be edited using LaTeX-like markup
- (even though it is not LaTeX &mdash; so far), comes with translators
+ (even though it is not LaTeX &#8212; so far), comes with translators
that make both PDF (via <em>pdflatex</em>) and
XHTML+MathML. Such an approach avoids the inherent
- limitations of the &ldquo;traditional&rdquo; (La)TeX translation processes,
+ limitations of the &#8220;traditional&#8221; (La)TeX translation processes,
which have traps that can be sprung by unfettered use of (La)TeX
markup.
<dt>Graphics<dd>
@@ -73,28 +73,28 @@ support for new Web standards.
has appeared, and has been reported to be useful for
SVG-related work in at least one TeX-related project. Be
aware that the developers of <i>Inkscape</i> have no illusions
- about being able to replace commercial software, yet&hellip;
+ about being able to replace commercial software, yet&#8230;
<dt>Direct use of TeX markup<dd>
Some time back, IBM developed a browser plug-in called
TechExplorer, which would display (La)TeX documents direct in a
browser. Over the years, it developed into a MathML browser
- plug-in, while still retaining its (La)TeX abilities, but it&rsquo;s now
+ plug-in, while still retaining its (La)TeX abilities, but it&#8217;s now
distributed (free for Linux and Windows platforms) by
<a href="http://www.integretechpub.com/">Integre Technical Publishing</a>.
<p/> The disadvantage of the TechExplorer approach is that it places the
onus on the browser user; and however technically proficient
- <em>you</em> are, it&rsquo;s never safe to assume too much of your readers.
+ <em>you</em> are, it&#8217;s never safe to assume too much of your readers.
An interesting alternative is
<a href="http://www.forkosh.com/mathtex.html">MathTeX</a>, which sits
on your server as a CGI script, and you use it to include
your TeX, in your HTML, as if it were an image:
<blockquote>
<pre>
-&lt;img src="/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?f(x)=\int\limits_{-\infty}^xe^{-t^2}dt"&gt;
+&#60;img src="/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?f(x)=\int\limits_{-\infty}^xe^{-t^2}dt"&#62;
</pre>
</blockquote><p>
-(<i>Mathtex</i> supersedes the author&rsquo;s earlier <i>mimetex</i>.)
+(<i>Mathtex</i> supersedes the author&#8217;s earlier <i>mimetex</i>.)
</dl>
<dl>
<dt><tt><i>GELLMU</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/gellmu.zip">support/gellmu</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/gellmu/">browse the directory</a>)