[om] OpenMath and Imaging

[Richard Fateman]

This discussion seems to be concentrating on the part
of the problem that is relatively trivial because it
assumes all rendering problems are local: if you get
the right rendition of a Greek letter, you are happy.

There are undoubtedly many solutions to this.

Why don't you solve the harder problems, for
example:

How does one deal with "expression too wide to be displayed"?

This actually requires some thought.  For example,
a+b+c+d
+e+f+g
---------
r+s+t+u
+v+w

is this right?

A possible display rips expressions that are too wide
like this...

a+b+c+ %
------ %
r+s+t+ %

% +e+f+g
% -----
% +u+v+w

But this is not conventional. and there are many
alternatives including
(a+b....
...)/(r+s..
..)

There is also a claim that MathML is all one needs.
What does MathML specify? My understanding is that
this is not solved. 
RJF
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