[Docutils-develop] [docutils:patches] #197 MathML: support pandoc(1) as an external converter

[Günter M. <mi...@us...>]

Thank you for the patch.

What are the advantages over the native LaTeX -> MathML converter?

A test of the new conversion route with the maths documentation source
[mathematics.txt](https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/ref/rst/mathematics.txt)  revealed:

* it takes long to run (considerably longer than the native converter but far shorter than `latexml`),
* there are > 120 conversion errors (unknown AMSmath macros),
* the error messages need getting used to
   (instead of reporting an unknown macro, it tells about expecting "%", "\\label", "\\nonumber" or whitespace)
* the successfull conversions are similar to the native MathML support.

BTW: a fix for "amsfonts" commands with `latexml` is ready and will be soon in the repository.






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** [patches:#197] MathML: support pandoc(1) as an external converter**

**Status:** open
**Group:** None
**Created:** Fri Oct 28, 2022 02:21 PM UTC by Ximin Luo
**Last Updated:** Fri Oct 28, 2022 02:21 PM UTC
**Owner:** nobody
**Attachments:**

- [0001-MathML-support-pandoc-1-as-an-external-converter.patch](https://sourceforge.net/p/docutils/patches/197/attachment/0001-MathML-support-pandoc-1-as-an-external-converter.patch) (3.5 kB; text/x-patch)


In my personal experience, `pandoc` is more reliable than `latexml`, e.g. the current support for the latter in docutils does not automatically include amsfonts which prevents things like mathbb from working. In `pandoc` it Just Works.


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