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Hi,
Is it possible to embed raw latex (or any other meta data format like HTML) into a mail message? I would really like to be able to send equations directly without converting them to PDF or GIF first.
Thanks,
Joe
MacBook Air, Mac OS 9.1.x, Mail meta data
Only if your recipients would have an email client that could decode and display LaTEX code either from a text or rich text message, something I've never heard of, or they can save out the message and open it in an application that can decode such text. Most likely you'd have to send the LaTEX code as an attachment with instructions on how to open and display it. Unless your recipient is pretty sophisticated, converting the equation to an image is probably going to be much more practical.
Regards.
Only if your recipients would have an email client that could decode and display LaTEX code either from a text or rich text message, something I've never heard of, or they can save out the message and open it in an application that can decode such text. Most likely you'd have to send the LaTEX code as an attachment with instructions on how to open and display it. Unless your recipient is pretty sophisticated, converting the equation to an image is probably going to be much more practical.
Regards.
Another possibility might be to use MathJax:
and set up a web page with your equation(s) and direct your recipients to that page.
Regards.
Thank you for the fast response. I thought that modern email tools would be able to read latex or something similar. It looks like that assumption was incorrect. I will continue inserting small images.
Thank you. I have used mathjax before but never with email. An email client that supported HTML/CSS/JS would likely work very well with this solution. Does the Apple email client support HTML/CSS/JS messages?
Apple's Mail supports HTML messages, as do a number of other email applications, but I don't know of any email clients that can process JavaScript. That would be a massive security risk on most systems.
Regards.
Perhaps MathML in an html mail message body.
Thank you, that is a great suggestion but I don't know how to embed HTML in an email message. It seems like I would have to add it as an attachment. Is there another way to directly embed HTML so that I can use MathML inside the message?
Try these steps:
http://bytes.com/topic/macosx/insights/825931-quick-way-send-html-emails-apple-m ail-mail-app
I just tested it using code from the MathML page and it worked for me.
Regards.
I just borrowed a quadratic equation from the MathML Wikipedia site and grafted it into an HTML document. It imaged fine in Safari 7. It should be noted that neither the latest Google Chrome or FIrefox rendered the same content accurately.
Laying out your entire email message (including MathML) in HTML can be tedious. Once it is displayed in the browser, each use of the command+I will put the browser content in a new Mail compose window. So, you cannot add an equation to existing Mail composition. Select, copy and paste (or paste and match style) will not work either.
Depending on the importance you place on email equations, at one time, Design Science (MathType) claimed compatibility with Apple Mail (4.5) where you could input your equation in MathType and it could then be placed within the email. The mail recipient would not need a copy of MathType installed for this to work. MathType even allows you to key your equation in with LaTeX syntax to generate the equation.
You could check with them about functionality (or restrictions) with Mail 6 and 7 on OS X, as it might provide a more productive way to achieve your goals.
A fast and easy solution is just to write your email here and copy paste the result into your email.
Is it possible to embed raw latex into a mail message to display an equation?
