synchronous path

[Pomax]

For the purpose of static page generation and unit testing, it would be invaluable to have a synchronous function available, rather than only having a callback available. E.g. something like:

var mathjax = require("mathjax-node/lib/mj-single");
mathjax.config({
  ...
});

...

function renderToString(latexCode) {
  return mathjax.render(latexCode);
}

...

[dpvc]

Unfortunately, that is not possible with the current MathJax architecture, as that code is not atomic (i.e., it may have to wait for files to load), and so the mathjax.render() function you suggest is not currently possible without a lot of restructuring of MathJax's internals. That is not currently planned.

[pkra]

Closing this here. MathJax v3 is synchronous and will subsume mathjax-node; cf. #375.