MathPaste is a simple math-sharing service. Unlike most other math pastebins, like mathb.in, it uses asciimath instead of LaTeX. We think that asciimath syntax is much nicer to work with than LaTeX syntax; for example, if you want to write fraction like this...
...you need \frac{a+b}{c+d} in LaTeX, but that's simply (a+b) / (c+d) in
asciimath. Awesome!
[22:46] xqb | :)
[22:47] xqb | I love mathpaste
[22:47] xqb | :D
[22:47] Akuli | :)
[22:47] xqb | not only it eliminated the need to buy another
desk
[22:47] xqb | but it also eliminated the need for notebooks
and pens and papers
Go to akuli.github.io/mathpaste and write some asciimath to the left half of the page. It'll render immediately on the right side. When you're ready, click the save button in the top right corner, and you'll get a link to your math. If you send this link to someone, they'll be able to see the math you wrote.
If you are wondering how you can write something to mathpaste, click the info button to see a bunch of examples. If you want to attach a drawing to your math, click the pencil button and draw something.
- If you have any trouble with mathpaste, please open a new issue on GitHub.
- MathPaste renders the asciimath with MathJax.
- PurpleMyst and Akuli created MathPaste.
- MathPaste is based on the "interactive renderer" on asciimath.org.
- The area that the math is typed to is implemented with ace.
First, fetch the repository.
$ git clone https://github.com/Akuli/mathpaste
$ cd mathpaste
$ npm install
You can now start a development server, with live reloading, by running
$ npm run start
Then visiting http://localhost:8080/
If for some reason you want a source-map for better debugging, you can use
$ npm run start --devtool source-map
Types are not checked by npm run build or npm run start. You can check
types either by utilizing a language server in your editor, which is out of
the scope of this README, or by running
$ npm run check-types
To lint all TypeScript files, run this command:
$ npm run lint
There are also some tests in the tests/ subdirectory. You can run them like this:
$ npm run test
All these checks run automatically in GitHub Actions when you push to github or create a pull request.
Avoid pushing new commits directly to master.
Instead, first push your changes in some other branch so that CI runs.
Then you can merge the changes to master.
Run these commands to publish from master to github.io:
$ git checkout master
$ git merge my-feature-branch
$ git push origin master
$ npm install
$ npm run build
$ ./deploy.sh