WebTeX: A Mark-up Language for WebEQ

Webtex is an equation mark-up language for WebEQ. In the style of its syntax, it is similar to LaTeX. However, there are some differences between the two. For one thing, the underlying WebEQ layout engine is based on MathML, a new proposed standard for HTML Math, and not TeX. The benefit is that WebTeX is better adapted to electronic documents.

WebTeX is a rich mathematical markup language. It has basically the same expressive power as the LaTeX math mode, and it is generally reasonably easy to convert WebTeX math markup into LaTeX markup. A utility program that converts an HTML/WebTeX document into a LaTeX document is under development, and should help meet the needs of authors who need both electronic and traditional paper versions of a technical document.

Work is also under way on utilities to convert LaTeX documents into HTML/WebTeX documents. However, this is a harder problem, since there are many variants and dialects of TeX. In general, authors should not expect to easily convert existing TeX documents to WebTeX.

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Using WebEQ with WebTeX
• 3. Macros
• 4. The Sizer
• 5. Mathematical expressions
  • 5.1. Superscripts and Subscripts
  • 5.2. Prescripts
  • 5.3. Fractions and Binomial coefficients
  • 5.4. Square roots and n-th roots
  • 5.5. Integrals, Sums, and other variable size operators
  • 5.6. Logarithms and other functions
  • 5.7. Delimiters
  • 5.8. Accents
  • 5.9. Placing symbols over or under an expression
  • 5.10. Mathematical symbols and extended characters
• 6. Changing fonts
  • 6.1. Font families
  • 6.2. Changing the size of fonts
  • 6.3. Display style vs. Text style
  • 6.4. Text boxes
• 7. Arrays, tables and matrices
  • 7.1. Creating an array
  • 7.2. Options
    • 7.2.1. Array options
    • 7.2.2. Row options
    • 7.2.3. Cell options
  • 7.3. Example: A matrix
  • 7.4. Example: A function with multiple cases
  • 7.5. Example: Commutative diagrams (Overlap commands)
• 8. Spaces and Rules
  • 8.1. Adding and removing spaces
  • 8.2. Arbitrary size spaces and rules
• 9. Browser actions
  • 9.1. Colorful symbols
  • 9.2. Links to other pages
  • 9.3. Footnotes on the status line
  • 9.4. Highlighted expressions
  • 9.5. Toggling expressions
• Examples: A Tour of WebEQ

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