From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ahmed Fasih Subject: Re: Equation references for HTML: suggested approaches? Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:27:28 -0400 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: wuzzyview@gmail.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:46675) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qr7sj-0002Oa-Jl for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:27:37 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qr7sf-0004mw-4y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:27:33 -0400 Received: from mail-gx0-f169.google.com ([209.85.161.169]:43753) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qr7sf-0004ms-1V for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:27:29 -0400 Received: by gxk23 with SMTP id 23so683429gxk.0 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:27:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Apologies, I discovered one stopgap solution already: # <> \begin{equation} \label{eq-myeq} a = 1 \end{equation} We have defined something in (\ref{eq-myeq}), and this link will look fine in both Latex and HTML output. This just requires me to ensure that the anchor and the Latex label are the same. (Also, a secondary drawback: usually I use \eqref so that the output eventual PDF after Latex output will link "(1)" and not just the 1 in "(1)".) Improvements to this method are welcome. Thanks, Ahmed On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Ahmed Fasih wrote: > Hi, I've been using org-mode very successfully to output Latex, and > have used successfully Latex math modes like "equation" to number > equations and reference them: > > \begin{equation} > \label{eq-myeq} > a = 1 > \end{equation} > > We have defined something in (\ref{eq-myeq}). > > In HTML output, however, the equation isn't numbered and this > reference is rendered as anchored links that don't exist in the file. > > I realize that there's some debate in MathJax to add this > functionality, but I write today specifically to ask what workarounds > people use to get equation numbering and referencing in HTML output, > as a stopgap solution? > - The org-mode method of embedding and linking to *images* works great > for Latex output and ok for HTML output (where figures aren't > numbered, and references to them use their caption instead of a > number---which is passable), but I can't find a way to use this with > equations. > - I've also tried to use local search links, e.g., [[-eq-myeq]] but > this doesn't seem to work ("No match - create this as a new > heading?"). > > So is there a simple workaround to get numbered equations and > references in HTML that people currently use while a robust solution > is being worked on? > Thanks for your help! > Ahmed >