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#105 HTTP Interface to Maxima
I propose a very simple (Sage Notebook like) HTTP Interface to Maxima wich would provide a unified, toolkit independent interface based upon a readily available component (the user's browser).
For a start, all that is required is to wrap Maxima in a simple "HTTP-Server" which
a) runs the tex( ) output through itex2MML [1] and returns the result to the HTML in the browser
or
b) returns the tex( ) output to the HTML in the browser, which runs MathJax [2] to do the formatting.
Getting away from the fairly antiquated monospace terminal output to more contemporary typeset output without depending on monsters like LaTeX would be a great step forward and of great impact to everyone using Maxima.
[1] http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/~distler/blog/itex2MML.html
[2] http://www.mathjax.org/
Ticket moved from /p/maxima/bugs/2572/
Several web-based UI's have been constructed for Maxima; some are listed on the project web page [1].
A user interface is a substantial project in itself and UI's are considered beyond the scope of the Maxima project by the current band of developers. Closing this request in an effort to filter out things which are unlikely to ever be done.
[1] http://maxima.sourceforge.net/relatedprojects.html