INTERACTIVE SICP-JS: Switch math parsing library to KaTeX #1801
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Description
This PR replaces the current MathJax based library (better-react-mathjax) with a KaTeX based library react-latex-next.
This change results in a huge speedup, with most pages loading almost instantly now. For comparison, new library on left and old library on right. (I haven't pulled the latest changes for the older version, so the font looks a bit smaller).
Screen.Recording.2021-06-17.at.10.31.48.PM.mov
Downsides: React KaTeX does not support all the features of MathJax. However, we can circumvent this by replacing tags in the JSON files that are not recognised with ones that are see this PR.
Type of change
How to test
Check that math equations are parsed properly.
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