This is a simple little plugin which allows mathematical notation to be used within Redmine.
Redmine 3.0.x or 3.1.x. Other version are not tested but may work.
- Download archive and extract to /your/path/to/redmine/plugins/
- If you downloaded the zipball (https://github.com/vDorst/redmine_latex_mathjax/zipball/master), rename the extracted directory to 'redmine_latex_mathjax'
- (Optional) Modify init.rb. For example if you host MathJax yourself. You can point to your own MathJax location.
- Restart Redmine (e.g. by restarting Apache)
Login to Redmine and go to Administration->Plugins. You should now see 'Redmine LaTeX MathJax Macro'. Enjoy!
Anywhere on a wiki or issue page write for formulas:
{{mj(\sum_i x_i$)}}
or a multiline MathJax Syntax:
{{mj P_{POWER} = \cfrac {U_{POWER}} {I_{POWER}} }}
Hit 'Preview' or 'Save' to let them show up.
A: They do not show up in PDFs that are generated by using the PDF link below the wiki pages. See Closed Issue: Formula will not display in PDF export (mboratko#1 (comment))
Because of the macro this can be changed in the future. To switch from client-side to server-side rendering.
Q: Why a macro? MathJax don't need that!
A: Macro is needed to bypass the markup language parser of Redmine. Like Markdown tries to convert underscores to em HTML tags. Also this enables us to do server-side rendering in the future.