Plain Text Editor - can this be changed

Submitted by rippingalea@dum... on Wed, 04/03/2019 - 16:01
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I am trying to get a flashcard working with equations on our Moodle installation but when i am trying to put the answer in, the Plain Text editor is too basic and will not let me use wris or import the answer as an image or understand Latex?

any hel[p would be appreciateced

regards

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BV52

Thu, 04/04/2019 - 05:32

Hi,

You can read more about adding LaTeX support to your H5P plugin here.

-BV52

rippingalea@dum...

Thu, 04/04/2019 - 12:09

Thank you for responding - we have instlled this into our library and I will lie and say i am really looking forward to geetting stuck into the Latex :)

audrey

rippingalea@dum...

Thu, 04/04/2019 - 16:06

does anyone know why my latex is elgible?
example attached

 

many thanks

H5P file: 
Binary Data latex
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BV52

Fri, 04/05/2019 - 07:42

Hi,

Thank you for reporting this. I filed a bug report and you can follow it here.

-BV52

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otacke

Fri, 04/05/2019 - 13:23

Hi all!

I wouldn't say it's a bug. The vertical space of a card is just limited, and if you use block notation for LaTeX, the text simply becomes too large and will be scaled. Have you tried inline notation instead?

Best,

Oliver 

rippingalea@dum...

Fri, 04/05/2019 - 15:50

Thanks for responding Oliver - That makes sense 

(pssst - what do you mean by 'INLINE NOTATION' )

aud

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otacke

Fri, 04/05/2019 - 19:15

Hi rippingalea!

You're using two dollar symbols, which is the common delimiter for a formula in TeX (not LaTeX, but available for convenience) in block notation (separate line, full formula height, usually centered). In LaTeX, you would achieve the same with \[ foo \]. There's also inline notation that will put a formula within a written text and not using full height. It's used like \( foo \).

Please see the documentation for more details at https://h5p.org/mathematical-expressions Doesn't anybody read docs or use search engines these days? ;-) 

Best,

Oliver

rippingalea@dum...

Tue, 04/09/2019 - 11:08

cheers, Oliver - consider me told! :)

much appreciated

audrey

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otacke

Tue, 04/09/2019 - 11:50

Hi Audrey!

Hope that wasn't too rude. It's a genetic disorder, I am from Germany ;-)

No, honestly. I know there's research about people reading manuals less, e.g. https://academic.oup.com/iwc/article/28/1/27/2363584 which won the Ig Nobel Prize in 2018. But maybe there are better ways than answering similar questions over and over again although the info is out there. A better search function for this page might be one, maybe something else.

Cheers,

Oliver