a little review of math editor

Openoffice math editor

Using MATH, there are three main ways of entering a
formula:

• Type markup in the equation editor.
• Right-click on the equation editor and select the symbol from the context menu.
• Select a symbol from the Selection toolbox.

This is a very nice math editor. Though there are still some issues when converting openoffice equation to ms word equations or vice versa.
MathML
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MathML
MathType -- professional
version of the Equation Editor in Microsoft Word. Not free

MathPlayer — A free plugin from Design Science that allows Internet Explorer to display MathML.

ASCIIMath — A JavaScript library for converting Wiki-like syntax into MathML

LaTeXMathML — A JavaScript program to dynamically translate LaTeX math notation to Presentation MathML

Expressionism
— A WYSIWYG browser-based editor (MathML + JavaScript) of mathematical expressions which is also capable of rendering images (e.g. in PNG format). support tinymce and fckeditor

GNU TeXmacs is a what-you-see-is-what-you-get editor with extensive support for mathematics. Converters exist for presentation MathML in both directions. TeXmacs can be used to write
mathematical articles which are exported to XHTML with embedded MathML.

jsMath:

The jsMath package provides a method of including mathematics in HTML pages that works across multiple browsers

JsMath for displaying mathematics with TeX | drupal.org

some comments here : http://www.ma.utexas.edu/dev/doc/Typeset_Math.html
it seems rendering is a bit slow. we need to install to test it.


finally ms word has something exciting on equation editing
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/archive/2006/10/04/Equations-in-Word-2007.aspx
Equations in Word 2007
UI-Based Entry
Typing Equations via Linear Format

Linear Format, a keyboard-based syntax, is a new method of entering
equations in Word. Linear Format uses a TeX-like notation for some
mathematical objects and symbo

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