The Google infographic web service is probably the simplest one to use (there are many others): http://code.google.com/apis/chart/infographics/
You post a formula and get back a PNG that you display as a morph. Should be doable in 1 line of Smalltalk code.
Of course you can do the processing also yourself, but this is more complicated. Pier-Math does that for example.
Lukas
On Sunday, 11 September 2011, Nick Chen <nchen.dev@mac.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm working with some simple math equations and am looking for a nicer way
> to
> display them. Is there any existing work that I might be able to
> re-use/build
> upon?
>
> For instance, given this equation, (1+2/3)*4 I would like to see it
> displayed
> like the Equation Editor in Microsoft Word or the equations in a Mathematica
> notebook. See attached screenshots:
>
> http://forum.world.st/file/n3805250/word.png
>
> http://forum.world.st/file/n3805250/mathematica.png
>
> I'm not looking for anything fancy. Something simple to get me started would
> be helpful as well.
>
> I looked briefly at Dr. Geo but I don't think it support displaying
> equations in that
> manner.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Nick
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