FractionsPlus
Questions answered by this recipe
How do I write fractions (and other math symbols) in PmWiki?
Description
Fractions Plus adds a simple markup to generate arbitrary fractions, that work in any font.
Installation
Download fractionsplus.phpΔ and place it in your cookbook directory. Then add such a line to config.php:
include_once("$FarmD/cookbook/fractionsplus.php");
Usage
This recipe adds the followup markups:
Fractions
Write a fraction in the normal way (numerator and denominator, separated with a slash), but precede it with a backtick (`). (Example: `1/2.)
Either part of a fraction can include separators (, and/or .).
Math symbols
| New markup | Equivalent to |
|---|---|
`- | − |
`* | × |
`/ | ÷ |
<= | <e; |
>= | >e; |
/= | ≠ |
`' | ′ |
`" | ″ |
Notes
Parts of the code for this recipe (the “plus” parts) was extracted from MarkupExtensions.
Change log / Release notes
- 2021-11-12: Added prime and double-prime.
- 2017-12-31: Initial release.
Contributors
- jr (original MarkupExtensions recipe; times, divide, lte, gte, and ne code)
- Said Achmiz
Comments
See discussion at FractionsPlus-Talk
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