[Parley-devel] [PATCH] adding LaTeX support to parley

[Frank C. Eckert]

Hi folks,

I have finally found the time to bring the LaTeX support for Parley I have 
been using for 2 years into shape for upstream inclusion - at least I have 
started and I find it quite usable. However, there are rough edges and I 
figured I would like to get some feedback whether I should continue working on 
it and / or what direction I should take. 

The attached patch applies to the directory  kdeedu/parley/src of trunk. 
Please place the config files "preamble" and "convert-options" into 
$KDEHOME/share/apps/parley/latex. The patch assumes that convert and pdflatex 
are available in $PATH.

Description: The patch adds a LaTeX query mode to Parley which converts 
entries to rendered png's via pdflatex. There is no input possibility and 
checking algorithm involved, as this would be pointless for the use cases I 
have in mind (basically mathematics).

Any feedback would be highly appreciated.

Cheers, Frank
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