Embedding ActiveMath Items with ClipMarks

Posted by Martin Homik | Posted in ActiveMath, Software | Posted on 23-10-2007

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A nice way to embed ActiveMath items, for instance in a blog, is to use ClipMarks. Get an account and install the Firefox/IE plugin. Then go to any web site, press the ClipMarks button, and select any span or div item on the web site. A tiny menu on the top will be presented from which you can select an action. Choose “Blog” and a popup windows opens asking you for some information. I send my clipmarks to my WordPress based blogs. Unfortunately, WordPress has the feature to push any entry through a set of filters which cause an autoinsertion of paragraph and linebreak tags. So, to get the content right, you have to:

  • Install the WP Unformatted plugin
  • Add ActiveMath specific css definitions

See how great this is!

clipped from devdemo.activemath.org







Definition







In order to determine the average slope of a curve between two points P(
xPP) and Q(
xQQ),
one replaces the curve by the through P and Q
(i.e. by the through P and Q).


The average slope of the curve between P and Q is then defined to be the PQ:


mPQ
QP

xQ
xP
.

Comments (2)

Carsten said on 24-10-2007

That is cool, indeed. The formula highlighting does not work, but the symbol explanations show up. Nice!
ajgB said on 07-11-2007

Martin,

Thank you very much for your interesting post.

I could not find the comments feature to your post at eds.

As I increasingly metamorphose from semi-literate to “semi-videorate”, I wonder if you could please provide a screencast version of your post?

Being a stickler for layout, I seem to encounter some display irregularity and unsightliness with FireFox 2.0.0.9, OmniWeb, Safari on Mac OSX 10.4.10 ?

Would have sent the screenshots. Unfortunately, can’t find the image upload option?

Regards
Albert

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