ContextQMD
Back to Mathjax

What's New in MathJax v2.6

upgrading/earlier/whats-new-2.6.rst

latest9.7 KB
Original Source

.. _whats-new-2.6:

What's New in MathJax v2.6

MathJax v2.6 includes a number of new features, as well a more than 30 important bug fixes. The following are some of the highlights.

Features

  • Improved CommonHTML output. The CommonHTML output now provides the same layout quality and MathML support as the HTML-CSS and SVG output. It is on average 40% faster than the other outputs and the markup it produces are identical on all browsers and thus can also be pre-generated on the server via MathJax-node. The fast preview mechanism introduced in v2.5 continues to develop as a separate output as PreviewHTML and the fast-preview extension.

  • Accessibility improvements. We thank the AT community for their guidance, support, and feedback in our efforts towards making MathJax completely accessible to all users.

    • Screenreader compatibility. The new AssistiveMML extension enables compatibility with most MathML-capable screenreaders by inserting visually-hidden MathML alongside MathJax's visual output. See screenreader support for details on the expected behavior as well as background on the limitations due to lack of web standards and browser/OS technology.
    • Accessible UI. We have improved the accessibility of the MathJax menu to enable assistive technology users to easily access its features, cf. MathJax UI.

  • PlainSource Output. The new PlainSource output will revert the rendering back to the input format; in the case of MathML, the output will prefer TeX and AsciiMath from <annotation-xml> elements. This helps with accessibility and copy&paste of document fragments.

  • Semi-slim MathJax repository for bower. You can now use bower install components/MathJax to install a fork of MathJax without PNG fonts. Many thanks to @minrk <https://github.com/minrk>__ from the IPython/Jupyter team and to the team at components <https://github.com/components>__!

  • MathJax via npm. You can now use npm install mathjax to install a copy of MathJax without PNG fonts.

  • Deprecated: MMLorHTML extension. We have deprecated the MMLorHTML extension. For a detailed guide on configuring MathJax to choose different outputs on different browsers, please see Automatic Selection of the Output Processor for more information.

Numerous bugs and issues have also been resolved; for a detailed listing please check the release milestone <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues?q=milestone%3A%22MathJax+v2.6%22+is%3Aclosed>__.

Interface

  • #938 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/938>__ Expose MathML for accessibility; cf. screenreader support.
  • #939 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/939>__ Make MathJax contextual menu properly accessible.
  • #1088 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1088>__ MathJax Menu: drop PNG images in menu.
  • #1210 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1210>__ Update MathZoom.js: global border-box support. Special thanks to @CalebKester <https://github.com/CalebKester>__
  • #1273 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1273>__ Improve handling of hash in URL.

HTML/SVG/nativeMML display

  • #1095 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1095>__ HTML-CSS output: prevent collapse of table borders.
  • #596 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/596>__ SVG Output: Fix overlapping equation labels in SVG output
  • #994 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/994>__ SVG Output: Change default blacker setting to 1.
  • #995 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/995>__ SVG output: fix baseline alignment issues.
  • #995 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/995>__ SVG output: fix failure to scale all but the first glyph in a fraction when useFontCache=false.
  • #1035 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1035>__ PreviewHTML output: fix fractions formatting in WebKit and IE.
  • #1233 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1233>__ SVG output: make maligngroup and malignmark produce no output.
  • #1282 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1282>__ HTML-CSS output: reduce "bumpiness" of focus outline.
  • #1314 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1314>__ HTML-CSS output: prevent clipping of extremely long strings.
  • #1316 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1316>__ SVG output: preserve non-breaking space in mtext elements.
  • #1332 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1332>__ HTML-CSS output: fix width calculations for mrows with embellished operators that could stretch but don't actually.

TeX emulation

  • #567 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/567>__ Add macro for overparen and underparen to provide stretchy arcs above/below
  • #956 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/956>__ Simplify the mhchem extension to use multiscripts, cf. #1072.
  • #1028 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1028>__ Fix spacing in \alignedat.
  • #1194 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1194>__ Fix problem where automatic numbering affects \binom and friends.
  • #1199 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1199>__ Fix problem with dot delimiter not being recognized as a delimiter.
  • #1224 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1224>__ Handle braces properly in text mode when looking for matching math delimiters.
  • #1225 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1225>__ Fix \operatorname not ignoring \limits that follow immediately after.
  • #1229 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1229>__ Fix wrong spacing of trailing binary operators.
  • #1272 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1272>__ Fix spacing of \eqnarray environment.
  • #1295 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1295>__ Handle scriptlevel set on arrays via an mstyle node (affects \smallmatrix).
  • #1312 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1312>__ Improve heuristics for adding U+2061 (invisible function application).

Asciimath

  • asciimath/#31 <https://github.com/asciimath/asciimathml/issues/31>__ Add support for overparen, underparen to produce mover and munder constructs.
  • asciimath/#35 <https://github.com/asciimath/asciimathml/issues/35>__ Add support for bowtie, ltimes and rtimes.
  • asciimath/#40 <https://github.com/asciimath/asciimathml/issues/40>__ Improve parsing of brackets within brackets.
  • asciimath/#43 <https://github.com/asciimath/asciimathml/issues/43>__ Improve detection of non-matrices.

MathML

  • #1072 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1072>__ Right-justify prescripts in mmultiscript elements (after clarification in MathML 3 editors' draft); cf. #956.
  • #1089 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1089>__ Fix toMathML from changing <maligngroup> to <malign>
  • #1188 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1188>__ Fix mmultiscripts with odd number of post-scripts not rendering correctly.
  • #1231 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1231>__ Fix <math> element not being treated as an <mrow> for embellished operator spacing.
  • #1233 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1233>__ Make <maligngroup> and <malignmark> be self-closing in MathML input.
  • #1238 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1238>__ Fix Content MathML extension not handling namespace prefixes.
  • #1257 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1257>__ Improve mml3.js: better RTL support in HTML-CSS; improved IE/Edge compatibility.
  • #1323 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1323>__ Content-mathml extension: improve handling of empty Presentation MathML nodes.

Fonts

  • #928 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/928>__ Add data for stretchy U+2322 (FROWN), U+2323 (SMILE), and also U+2312 (ARC) to be aliases for the top and bottom parentheses. This enables stretchy constructions; cf. also #567.
  • #1211 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1211>__ Fix web font detection for Gyre-Pagella etc. in IE10+.
  • #1251 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1251>__ Fix primes in STIX-web font being too small in SVG output.

Localization

  • #1248 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1248>__ Updated locales thanks to the contributors at Translatewiki.net; activate locales for Bulgarian, Sicilian, Lithuanian, and Laki.

APIs

  • #1216 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1216>__ Add debugging tips to console output.

Misc.

  • #1074 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1074>__ Fix regression in v2.5 regarding MathPlayer on IE9.
  • #1036 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1036>__ Improve CDN rollover behavior.
  • #1085 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1085>__ Fix detection of Windows Phone mobile IE.
  • #1155 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1155>__ Work around websites using user agent filtering
  • #1173 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1173>__ Avoid warning message in debug mode.
  • #1208 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1208>__ Fix CHTML preview from setting chunking parameters even when disabled.
  • #1214 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1214>__ semi-slim official MathJax repository for bower; use bower install components/MathJax for a copy without PNG fonts. Special thanks to @minrk <https://github.com/minrk>__ from the IPython/Jupyter team and to the team at components <https://github.com/components>__!
  • #1254 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1254>__ Improve examples in /test: add viewport meta tags, improve dynamic examples.
  • #1328 <https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1328>__ Add package.json for publishing on npm, excluding PNG fonts.