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%D \module
%D [ file=x-asciimath,
%D version=2014.06.01, % 2006.04.24, % 1999.11.06,
%D title=\CONTEXT\ Modules,
%D subtitle=AsciiMath,
%D author=Hans Hagen,
%D date=\currentdate,
%D copyright={PRAGMA ADE \& \CONTEXT\ Development Team}]
%C
%C This module is part of the \CONTEXT\ macro||package and is
%C therefore copyrighted by \PRAGMA. See mreadme.pdf for
%C details.
\registerctxluafile{x-asciimath}{}
%D When the Math4All project started, we immediately started using content \MATHML.
%D Because in school math there is often a reference to calculator input, we also
%D provided what we called \quote {calcmath}: a predictable expression based way
%D entering math. At some point \OPENMATH\ was also used but that was later
%D abandoned because editing is more cumbersome.
%D
%D Due to limitations in the web variant (which is independent of rendering for
%D paper but often determines the coding of document, not seldom for the worse) the
%D switch was made to presentational \MATHML. But even that proved to be too complex
%D for rendering on the web, so it got converted to so called \ASCIIMATH\ which
%D can be rendered using some \JAVASCRIPT\ magic. However, all the formulas (and
%D we're talking of tens of thousands of them) were very precisely coded by the main
%D author. Because in intermediate stages of the editing (by additional authors) a
%D mixture of \MATHML\ and \ASCIIMATH\ was used, we wrote the first version of this
%D module. As reference we took \url
%D {http://www1.chapman.edu/~jipsen/mathml/asciimath.html} and. The idea was to
%D stick to \MATHML\ as reference and if needed use \ASCIIMATH\ as annotation.
%D
%D Eventually we ended up with supporting several math encodings in \CONTEXT\ that
%D could be used mixed: content \MATHML\ (preferred), presentation \MATHML\ (often
%D messy), \OPENMATH\ (somewhat minimalistic) calcmath (handy for students who are
%D accustomed to calculators), \ASCIIMATH\ (to make web support easier) and of
%D course \TEX.
%D
%D The first version had some limitations as we didn't want to support all quirks of
%D \ASCIIMATH\ and also because I was not really in the mood to write a complex parser
%D when a bit of sane coding can work equally well. Some comments from that version:
%D
%D \startnarrower
%D \startitemize
%D \item We support only the syntactically clear variants and as long as lpeg does
%D not support left recursion this is as far as we want to go.
%D \item The parser is rather insensitive for spaces but yet the advice is to avoid
%D weird coding like \type {d/dxf(x)} but use \type {d/dx f(x)} instead. After
%D all we're not in a compact coding cq.\ parser challenge.
%D \item We also don't support the somewhat confusing \type {sqrt sqrt 2} nor \type
%D {root3x} (although the second one kind of works). A bit of defensive coding
%D does not hurt.
%D \item We can process \type {a/b/c/d} but it's not compatible with the default
%D behaviour of \ASCIIMATH. Use grouping instead. Yes, we do support the somewhat
%D nonstandard grouping token mix.
%D \item You should use explicit \type {text(..)} directives as one can never be sure
%D what is a reserved word and not.
%D \stopitemize
%D
%D Actually, as the only parsing sensitive elements of \TEX\ are fractions (\type {\over}
%D and friends, a restricted use of \TEX\ coding is probably as comprehensive and
%D parsable. The webpage with examples served as starting point so anything beyond
%D what can be found there isn't supported.
%D \stopnarrower
%D
%D Then in 2014 something bad happened. Following the fashion of minimal encoding
%D (which of course means messy encoding of complex cases and which can make authors
%D sloppy too) the web based support workflow of the mentioned project ran into some
%D limitations and magically one day all carefully coded \MATHML\ was converted into
%D \ASCIIMATH. As there was no way to recover the original thousands of files and
%D tens of thousands of formulas we were suddenly stuck with \ASCIIMATH. Because the
%D conversion had be done automagically, we also saw numerous errors and were forced
%D to come up with some methods to check formulas. Because \MATHML\ poses some
%D restrictions it has predictable rendering; \ASCIIMATH\ on the other hand enforces
%D no structure. Also, because \MATHML\ has to be valid \XML\ it always processes.
%D Of course, during the decade that the project had run we also had to built in
%D some catches for abuse but at least we had a relatively stable and configurable
%D subsystem. So, in order to deal with less predictable cases as well as extensive
%D checking, a new \ASCIIMATH\ parser was written, one that could also be used to
%D trace bad coding.
%D
%D Because the formal description is incomplete, and because some links to resources
%D are broken, and because some testing on the web showed that sequences of characters
%D are interpreted that were not mentioned anywhere (visible), and because we noticed
%D that the parser was dangerously tolerant, the new code is quite different from the
%D old code.
%D
%D One need to keep in mind that because spaces are optional, the only robust way to
%D edit \ASCIIMATH\ is to use a \WYSIWYG\ editor and hope that the parser doesn't
%D change ever. Keys are picked up from spaceless sequences and when not recognized
%D a (sequence) of characters is considered to be variables. So, \type {xsqrtx} is
%D valid and renders as \type {$x\sqrt{x}$}, \type {xx} becomes \type {×} (times)
%D but \type {ac} becomes \type {$a c$} (a times c). We're lucky that \type {AC} is
%D not turned into Alternating Current, but who knows what happens a few years from
%D now. So, we do support this spaceless mess, but users are warned: best use a
%D spacy sequence. The extra amount of spaces (at one byte each) an author has to
%D include in his|/|her active writing time probably stays below the size of one
%D holiday picture. Another complication is that numbers (in Dutch) use commas instead
%D of periods, but vectors use commas as well. We also hav esome different names for
%D functions which then can conflict with the expectations about collapsed variables.
%D
%D It must be noted that simplified encodings (that seem to be the fashion today)
%D can demand from applications to apply fuzzy logic to make something work out
%D well. Because we have sequential data that gets rendered, sometimes wrong input
%D gets obscured simply by the rendering: like the comma's in numbers as well as
%D for separators (depending on space usage), or plain wrong symbols that somehow
%D get a representation anyway. This in itself is more a side effect of trying to
%D use the simplified encoding without applying rules (in the input) or to use it
%D beyong its intended usage, which then of course can lead to adapted parsers and
%D catches that themselves trigger further abuse. Imagine that instead of developing
%D new cars, planes, space ships, mobile phones, computers we would have adapted
%D horse cars, kites, firework, old fashioned phones and mechanical calculators in a
%D similar way: patch upon patch of traditional means for sure would not have
%D worked. So, when you use \ASCIIMATH\ best check immediately how it gets rendered
%D in the browser as well as on paper. And be prepared to check the more complex
%D code in the future again. We don't offer any guarantees but of course will try to
%D keep up.
%D
%D In retrospect I sometimes wonder if the energy put into constantly adapting to
%D the fashion of the day pays off. Probably not. It definitely doesn't pay of.
%D
%D More complex crap:
%D
%D 1: $x + \stackrel{comment}{\stackrel{\utfchar{"23DE}}{yyyyyyyy}} = y$ \blank
%D 2: \asciimath{x + stackrel{\utfchar{"23DE}}{yyyyyyyy} = y} \blank
%D 3: \asciimath{x + stackrel{yyyyyyyy}{\utfchar{"23DE}} = y} \blank
%D 4: \asciimath{x + stackrel{"comment"}{stackrel{\utfchar{"23DE}}{yyyyyyyy}} = y} \blank
\usemodule[mathml-basics]
\startmodule[asciimath]
\unprotect
\writestatus{asciimath}{beware, this is an experimental (m4all only) module}
%D Hacks:
\unexpanded\def\asciimathoptext #1{\ifmmode\mathoptext{#1}\else#1\fi}
\unexpanded\def\asciimathoptexttraced #1{\ifmmode\mathoptext{\color[darkgreen]{#1}}\else\color[darkgreen]{#1}\fi}
\unexpanded\def\asciimathstackrel #1#2{\mathematics{\mathop{\let\limits\relax\mover{#2}{#1}}}}
\unexpanded\def\asciimathroot #1#2{\sqrt[#1]{#2}}
\unexpanded\def\asciimathsqrt #1{\sqrt{#1}}
%D The core commands:
% if we need to set
\installsetuponlycommandhandler {asciimath} {asciimath}
\appendtoks
\ctxlua{moduledata.asciimath.setup {
splitmethod = "\asciimathparameter\c!splitmethod",
separator = "\asciimathparameter\c!separator",
}}%
\to \everysetupasciimath
\newtoks\everyascimath
% \appendtoks
% \ignorediscretionaries
% \to \everyasciimath
\unexpanded\def\asciimath
{\doifnextoptionalelse\asciimath_yes\asciimath_nop}
\def\asciimath_yes[#1]#2%
{\mathematics[#1]{\clf_justasciimath{\detokenize\expandafter{\normalexpanded{#2}}}}}
\def\asciimath_nop#1%
{\mathematics{\clf_justasciimath{\detokenize\expandafter{\normalexpanded{#1}}}}}
\unexpanded\def\ctxmoduleasciimath#1%
{\ctxlua{moduledata.asciimath.#1}}
%D Some tracing commands. Using tex commands is 10\% slower that directly piping
%D from \LUA, but this is non|-|critical code.
\unexpanded\def\ShowAsciiMathLoad [#1]{\ctxlua{moduledata.asciimath.show.load("#1")}}
\unexpanded\def\ShowAsciiMathIgnore[#1]{\ctxlua{moduledata.asciimath.show.ignore("#1")}}
\unexpanded\def\ShowAsciiMathXML #1#2{\ctxlua{moduledata.asciimath.show.filter("#1","#2")}}
\unexpanded\def\ShowAsciiMathStats {\ctxlua{moduledata.asciimath.show.statistics()}}
\unexpanded\def\ShowAsciiMathMax {\ctxlua{moduledata.asciimath.show.max()}}
\unexpanded\def\ShowAsciiMathResult#1%
{\begingroup
\blank
% if we are in vmode, we don't get positions i.e. a smaller tuc file
\inleft{\ttbf#1\hfill\ctxlua{moduledata.asciimath.show.count(#1,true)}}%
\dontleavehmode
\begingroup
\ttbf
\ctxlua{moduledata.asciimath.show.files(#1)}
\endgroup
\blank[medium,samepage]
\startcolor[darkblue]
\ctxlua{moduledata.asciimath.show.input(#1,true)}
\stopcolor
\blank[medium,samepage]
\doifmode{asciimath:show:dirty} {
\dorecurse{\ctxlua{moduledata.asciimath.show.nofdirty(#1)}} {
\ctxlua{moduledata.asciimath.show.dirty(\recurselevel,true)}
\blank[medium,samepage]
}
}
\ctxlua{moduledata.asciimath.show.result(#1)}
\blank
\endgroup}
\unexpanded\def\ShowAsciiMathStart
{\begingroup
\let\asciimathoptext\asciimathoptexttraced
\setuptyping[\v!buffer][\c!before=,\c!after=]
\setupmargindata[\v!left][\c!style=]}
\unexpanded\def\ShowAsciiMathStop
{\endgroup}
\unexpanded\def\ShowAsciiMath
{\dodoubleempty\doShowAsciiMath}
\unexpanded\def\doShowAsciiMath[#1][#2]%
{\iffirstargument
\ShowAsciiMathStart
\ShowAsciiMathLoad[#1]
\ifsecondargument
\ShowAsciiMathIgnore[#2]
\fi
\dorecurse{\ShowAsciiMathMax}{\ShowAsciiMathResult\recurselevel}
\page
\ShowAsciiMathStats
\ShowAsciiMathStop
\fi}
\unexpanded\def\xmlShowAsciiMath#1#2%
{\iffirstargument
\ShowAsciiMathStart
\ShowAsciiMathXML{#1}{#2}%
\dorecurse{\ShowAsciiMathMax}{\ShowAsciiMathResult\recurselevel}
\page
\ShowAsciiMathStats
\ShowAsciiMathStop
\fi}
\unexpanded\def\ShowAsciiMathSave
{\dosingleempty\doShowAsciiMathSave}
\unexpanded\def\doShowAsciiMathSave[#1]%
{\ctxlua{moduledata.asciimath.show.save("#1")}}
\protect
\startsetups asciimath:layout
\setupbodyfont
% [pagella,10pt]
[dejavu,10pt]
\setuplayout
[backspace=35mm,
leftmargin=20mm,
rightmargindistance=0pt,
leftmargindistance=5mm,
cutspace=1cm,
topspace=1cm,
bottomspace=1cm,
width=middle,
height=middle,
header=0cm,
footer=1cm]
\setupheadertexts
[]
\setupfootertexts
[\currentdate][\pagenumber]
\setupalign
[flushleft,verytolerant,stretch]
\dontcomplain
\stopsetups
\stopmodule
\continueifinputfile{x-asciimath.mkiv}
%D This will become an extra.
\showframe
\setups[asciimath:layout]
% \enabletrackers[modules.asciimath.mapping]
% \enabletrackers[modules.asciimath.detail]
% \starttext
% \enablemode[asciimath:show:dirty]
% \ShowAsciiMath[e:/temporary/asciimath/*.xml]
% % \ShowAsciiMathSave[e:/temporary/asciimath/asciimath.lua]
% \stoptext
\starttext
\unexpanded\def\MyAsciiMath#1{\startformula\asciimath{#1}\stopformula}
\startlines
\MyAsciiMath{x^2 / 10 // z_12^34 / 20}
% \MyAsciiMath{{:{:x^2:} / 10:} // {:{:z_12^34 :} / 20:}}
% \MyAsciiMath{x^2+y_1+z_12^34}
% \MyAsciiMath{sin^-1(x)}
% \MyAsciiMath{d/dx f(x)=lim_(h->0) (f(x+h)-f(x))/h}
% \MyAsciiMath{f(x)=sum_(n=0)^oo(f^((n))(a))/(n!)(x-a)^n}
% \MyAsciiMath{int_0^1 f(x)dx}
% \MyAsciiMath{int^1_0 f(x)dx}
% \MyAsciiMath{a//b}
% \MyAsciiMath{a//\alpha}
% \MyAsciiMath{(a/b)/(d/c)}
% \MyAsciiMath{((a*b))/(d/c)}
% \MyAsciiMath{[[a,b],[c,d]]((n),(k))}
% \MyAsciiMath{1/x={(1,text{if } x!=0),(text{undefined},if x=0):}}
% \MyAsciiMath{{ (1,2), (x,(x + text(x))) }}
% \MyAsciiMath{{(1,2),(x,(x+text(x))),(x,text(x))}}
% \MyAsciiMath{{(1,2),(x,(x+text(x))),(x,x text(x))}}
% \MyAsciiMath{{(1,2/2),(x,(x+x^22+sqrt(xx))),(x,x text(xyz))}}
% \MyAsciiMath{{(1,2/2),(x,(x+x^22+sqrt(xx))),(x,text(xyz)+1+text(hans))}}
% \MyAsciiMath{<<a,b>> text{and} {:(x,y),(u,v):}}
% \MyAsciiMath{(a,b] = {x text(in) RR | a < x <= b}}
% \MyAsciiMath{a/b / c/d = (a * d) / (b * d) / (b * c) / (b * d) = (a * d) / (b * c)}
% \MyAsciiMath{ (a/b) // (c/d) = ( (a * d) / (b * d) ) // ( (b * c) / (b * d) ) = (a * d) / (b * c)}
% \MyAsciiMath{sin(x+1)_3^2/b / c/d}
% \MyAsciiMath{{:{:sin(x+1)_3^2:}/b:} / {:c/d:}}
% \MyAsciiMath{cos(a) + sin(x+1)_3^2/b / c/d = (a * d) / (b * d) / (b * c) / (b * d) = (a * d) / (b * c)}
% \MyAsciiMath{S_(11)}
% \MyAsciiMath{f(x)}
% \MyAsciiMath{sin(x)}
% \MyAsciiMath{sin(x+1)}
% \MyAsciiMath{sin^-1(x)}
% \MyAsciiMath{sin(2x)}
% \MyAsciiMath{a_2^2}
% \MyAsciiMath{( (S_(11),S_(12),S_(1n)),(vdots,ddots,vdots),(S_(m1),S_(m2),S_(mn)) ]}
% \MyAsciiMath{frac a b}
% \MyAsciiMath{sin(x)/2 // cos(x)/pi}
% \MyAsciiMath{a/13 // c/d}
% \MyAsciiMath{a/b // c/d}
% \MyAsciiMath{x}
% \MyAsciiMath{x^2}
% \MyAsciiMath{sqrt x}
% \MyAsciiMath{sqrt (x)}
% \MyAsciiMath{root 2 x}
% \MyAsciiMath{x+x}
% \MyAsciiMath{x/3}
% \MyAsciiMath{x^2 / 10}
% \MyAsciiMath{x^2 / 10 // z_12^34 / 20}
% \MyAsciiMath{a^23}
% \MyAsciiMath{a^{:b^23:}+3x}
% \MyAsciiMath{a/b / c/d}
% \MyAsciiMath{sin(x)/b / c/d}
% \MyAsciiMath{sin(x)/b // c/d}
% \MyAsciiMath{a/b / c/d = (a * d) / (b * d) / (b * c) / (b * d) = (a * d) / (b * c) }
% \MyAsciiMath{{:{:x^2:} / 10:} // {:{:z_12^34 :} / 20:}}
% \MyAsciiMath{x^2+y_1+z_12^34}
% \MyAsciiMath{sin^-1(x)}
% \MyAsciiMath{d/dx f(x)=lim_(h->0) (f(x+h)-f(x))/h}
% \MyAsciiMath{f(x)=sum_(n=0)^oo(f^((n))(a))/(n!)(x-a)^n}
% \MyAsciiMath{int_0^1 f(x)dx}
% \MyAsciiMath{int^1_0 f(x)dx}
% \MyAsciiMath{2x}
% \MyAsciiMath{a//b}
% \MyAsciiMath{a//\alpha}
% \MyAsciiMath{(a/b)/(d/c)}
% \MyAsciiMath{((a*b))/(d/c)}
% \MyAsciiMath{[[a,b],[c,d]]((n),(k))}
% \MyAsciiMath{1/x={(1,text{if } x!=0),(text{undefined},if x=0):}}
% \MyAsciiMath{{ (1,2), (x,(x + text(x))) }}
% \MyAsciiMath{{(1,2),(x,(x+text(x))),(x,text(x))}}
% \MyAsciiMath{{(1,2),(x,(x+text(x))),(x,x text(x))}}
% \MyAsciiMath{{(1,2/2),(x,(x+x^22+sqrt(xx))),(x,x text(xyz))}}
% \MyAsciiMath{{(1,2/2),(x,(x+x^22+sqrt(xx))),(x,text(xyz)+1+text(hans))}}
% \MyAsciiMath{<<a,b>> text{and} {:(x,y),(u,v):}}
% \MyAsciiMath{(a,b] = {x text(in) RR | a < x <= b}}
% \MyAsciiMath{x^-2}
% \MyAsciiMath{x^2(x-1/16)=0}
% \MyAsciiMath{y= ((1/4)) ^x}
% \MyAsciiMath{log (0,002) / (log(1/4))}
% \MyAsciiMath{x=ax+b \ oeps}
% \MyAsciiMath{x=\ ^ (1/4) log(x)}
% \MyAsciiMath{x=\ ^ (1/4) log(0 ,002 )= log(0,002) / (log(1/4))}
% \MyAsciiMath{x^ (-1 1/2) =1/x^ (1 1/2)=1/ (x^1*x^ (1/2)) =1/ (xsqrt(x))}
% \MyAsciiMath{x^2(10 -x)>2 x^2}
% \MyAsciiMath{x^4>x}
\stoplines
\stoptext
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