Mathjax does not work with chinese punctuation

sam · June 7, 2024, 4:11am

I think this is the issue… do you want to try a PR for it and see if it fixes the issue for you?

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Fixing Mathjax Plugin for Non-English Punctuation

sam: Given: Hi. The current Mathjax plugin can be quite annoying, for it only supports English punctuation. For instance, $1+1$ is ok However，$1+1$ fails. This really misses the point of rendering Mathjax. This only renders Mathjax for English only. I use Mathjax for my blog. The original Mathjax or KaTeX works well with Chinese punctuation. Look at the source of the discourse mathjax plugin, fin…

sam: try again, the source is at: GitHub - discourse/discourse-math: Official MathJax support for Discourse

gpt4o_bot: In the file assets/javascripts/initializers/discourse-math-mathjax.js, the initMathJax, decorate, and mathjax functions should be checked and potentially modified to ensure that Chinese punctuation is properly supported. Identifying the Issue: The main issue lies in the function decorate, where it’s handling the creation of mathScript and mathWrapper elements that render the MathJax content. I…

sam: I think you are barking up the wrong tree… look at discourse-math/assets/javascripts/lib/discourse-markdown/discourse-math.js at main · discourse/discourse-math · GitHub

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Mathjax does not work with chinese punctuation

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