[kde-edu]: KMathTool

[Trenton Carr]

On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 08:38:06 +0200, Arnold Kraschinski  
<arnold.kraschinski at onlinehome.de> wrote:

> Oh, this is the first time I compiled the thing and installed it. I saw  
> some
> other odd things:
>
> - formulas like A = a ^ 2 cannot be read by pupils. They don't know what  
> this
> means. Programmers can read it. But pupils not because it isn't standard
> mathematical notation.
>
> - in the parabola section the plus signs are missing in the formula:
>   a x² + b x + x. In the program it looks like a x² b x c. That's wrong.  
> Its
> the same in the lines section

The "thing" is in kdenonbeta for a reason, it's a work in progress. All  
the algebra sections (in fact the whole KMathTool) is being re-written  
(Note the latest update). The algebra code as it stands now, will be used  
as a "check yourself section" with teaching modules. The teaching modules  
are coming, I'm looking for SMIL authoring tools (open source or GPL'ed).  
No luck so far. The SMIL content is for graphically representing the  
operations in algebra.

Will react to your constructive comments via CVS.

Trenton
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