Do you want mathjax when viewing the readme file? If github is broken it is
on their end,  they don't have the best coverage of org features.

Or do you want mathjax in the generated html in a github pages? That can be
done...

Another place that org doesn't work (at all) is pypi.

On Fri, Dec 20, 2024, 12:26 PM Leo Butler <Leo.Butler@umanitoba.ca> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to use MathJax with a README.org file on github, but I am
> having no luck. I believe that this "just works" with markdown on
> github.
>
> The best that I could find was a bug report by karthink [fn:1] that
> refers to following instructions on a wiki. But, I can't find that wiki,
> nor can I find any other advice that works. DuckDuckGo suggested an AI,
> but that seems to be a source of infinitely many wrong guesses and about
> as much frustration (it's like trying to get a straight answer out of a
> C student).
>
> Any pointers or tips would be appreciated.
>
> TIA,
> Leo
>
> [fn:1] https://github.com/gollum/gollum/issues/1588
>