Re: Mathjax CDN to shutdown April 30th 2017

[Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>]

Hello,

Adam Aviv <aviv@usna.edu> writes:

> I saw this blogpost recently about cdn.mathjax.org will be shutdown on
> April 30th 2017.
>
> https://www.mathjax.org/cdn-shutting-down/
>
> There's a replacement to use cloudflair hosting instead
>
> https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.0/MathJax.js?...

Thank you for the heads up.

> Is there a plan to move the default org-mode mathjax header link over to
> this by 30 April? It's a one line change in ox-htm.el for mathjax options.
> I've attached that patch for convenience.  However, after a bit of
> grepping, there should be some changes to the documentation which refers to
> using the mathjax CDN and stuff.

Would you want to provide a patch for that?

> On another note, the default option of using orgmode.org's hosting of
> mathjax.sh should be updated to support HTTPS because most browsers block
> scripts loaded under http if the page is loaded under https. Or, that
> default should also change to the cloudflare cdn if it fits within the
> terms of service. Perhaps that should be a discussion for another thread,
> though.
>
> -aja
>
> -- 
> Adam J. Aviv, PhD
> *Asst. Professor*
> *Computer Science*
> *U.S. Naval Academy*
> *(410) 293- 6655*
> From 80e5b49bd1666418a58124e74d7098fd4d5fcae5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Adam Aviv <aviv@usna.edu>
> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 09:16:31 -0400
> Subject: [PATCH] Fixing link to mathjax cdn as cdn.mathjax.org is shutting
>  down Apirl 30, 2017
>
> ---
>  lisp/ox-html.el | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/lisp/ox-html.el b/lisp/ox-html.el
> index 251e1be..70d3bde 100644
> --- a/lisp/ox-html.el
> +++ b/lisp/ox-html.el
> @@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ See `format-time-string' for more information on its components."
>  ;;;; Template :: Mathjax
>  
>  (defcustom org-html-mathjax-options
> -  '((path "http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS_HTML" )
> +  '((path "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.0/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS_HTML" )
>      (scale "100")
>      (align "center")
>      (font "TeX")

Have you signed FSF papers? Otherwise, you need to include "TINYCHANGE"
at the end of your commit message before I can apply it.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou