- From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:31:18 -0400
- To: Justin James <j_james@mindspring.com>
- CC: public-html@w3.org
Justin James wrote: > So why do we care what @alt text is used for LaTex that is converted to an > image? I sure don't. Let the LaTex authors pick their own @alt text. Bingo. But the issue is proposed changes that would not allow them to do this, by attaching certain magic semantics to alt texts that happen to be formatted in a particular way. > And it is up to the people writing LaTex-to-HTML conversion tools to ensure > that their output conforms to HTML That's a good sentiment, but see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_post_facto_law > So let's get MathML in HTML, which should cover most use cases. If MathML > doesn't meet the needs completely, they should talk to the MathML group, or > they should link to the source LaTex file. :) Or just post a PDF instead of bothering with HTML and be done with it? pdflatex works quite well, and isn't likely to break existing documents due to people redefining what existing parts of PDF do. -Boris
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