Timeline for Using TikZ on math.stackexchange
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:22 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| May 18, 2013 at 22:04 | comment | added | David Carlisle | @ZevChonoles MathJax does not run on the server it runs in the browser (unlike the conversion of markdown wiki syntax to html). mathJax does not use TeX in any way, it implements a subset of TeX math functionality in JavaScript Thus it is not a case of allowing TikZ to run, the entire pgf/tikz graphic stack would need to be implemented in javascript before it could be incorporated into mathjax. | |
| May 13, 2013 at 20:53 | history | edited | user17762 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 13, 2013 at 20:44 | comment | added | user17762 |
@TeunVerstraaten If you are very specific about not copy pasting, then you could externalize the image generated by TikZ and then convert it using convert or other similar commands as Douglas points out and then upload.
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| May 13, 2013 at 20:42 | comment | added | Zev Chonoles Mod | Just a guess: another problem that the SE team, at any rate, might have with allowing TikZ to run on their websites is that it is so powerful it may be possible to for malicious code to be put in (TeX itself is Turing-complete, but MathJax makes no attempt to incorporate all of TeX, so this problem does not already exist). This wouldn't be an issue for people running MathJax on their personal websites, where user-contributed code is not an issue. | |
| May 13, 2013 at 20:41 | comment | added | Douglas S. Stones |
Copy/pasting doesn't seem to be a natural approach. It'd be best to use some software to convert it to .png. I use Kile which contains a converter. But there are other options, e.g. convert in a Linux terminal.
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| May 13, 2013 at 20:41 | comment | added | user17762 | @TeunVerstraaten This post is relevant on how to upload images. meta.stackexchange.com/questions/75491/… | |
| May 13, 2013 at 20:39 | history | edited | user17762 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 13, 2013 at 20:36 | comment | added | user17762 |
I usually use images in .png format, though I would assume other formats like jpg,gif are also supported. When you answer a question you will see an icon immediately above your answer window, which if you click on it will help you to upload your image. Another way is to upload your image to http://imgur.com/ and copy the http link from there and paste it in your answer.
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| May 13, 2013 at 20:33 | history | edited | user17762 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 13, 2013 at 20:32 | comment | added | Slugger | Thanks for your answer, this is what I was afraid of but copying and pasting does not seem too bad. It needs to be in .png format right? And how do I paste this in a question? sorry I have never used images in my questions. Thanks! | |
| May 13, 2013 at 20:29 | comment | added | Lord_Farin | The MathJax "personnel" is the factor to reckon with here, not the SE staff. I recall them stating that since TikZ admits no natural MathML handling, it is unlikely that it will be supported on a shorter time scale. Or perhaps you were suggesting to move away from MathJax; but as the general performance of MJ is nothing short of stellar, this seems unlikely and unnecessary to me, too. I regret it, though. TikZ is great. | |
| May 13, 2013 at 20:25 | history | answered | user17762 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |