docs/other_stuff.md
* *Jan. 22* With very minimal changes, Maruku now works in JRuby.
It is very slow, though.
Some benchmarks:
* G4 1.5GhZ, Ruby 1.8.5:
Maruku (to_html): parsing 0.65 sec + rendering 0.40 sec = 1.04 sec
Maruku (to_latex): parsing 0.70 sec + rendering 0.21 sec = 0.91 sec
* G4 1.5GhZ, JRuby 1.9.2:
Maruku (to_html): parsing 4.77 sec + rendering 2.24 sec = 7.01 sec
Maruku (to_latex): parsing 4.04 sec + rendering 1.12 sec = 5.16 sec
* *Jan. 21* Integration of Blahtex. PNG export of formula and alignment works
ok in Mozilla, Safari, Camino, Opera. IE7 is acting strangely.
* Support for LaTeX-style formula input, and export to MathML.
[Jacques Distler] is integrating Maruku into Instiki (a Ruby On Rails-based wiki software), as to have a Ruby wiki with proper math support. You know, these physicists like all those funny symbols.
* To have the MathML export, it is needed to install one of:
* [RiTeX] (`gem install ritex`)
* [itex2MML] supports much more complex formulas than Ritex.
* PNG for old browser is not here yet. The plan is to use
BlahTeX.
* Command line options for the `maruku` command:
Usage: maruku [options] [file1.md [file2.md ...
-v, --[no-]verbose Run verbosely
-u, --[no-]unsafe Use unsafe features
-b Break on error
-m, --math-engine ENGINE Uses ENGINE to render MathML
--pdf Write PDF
--html Write HTML
--tex Write LaTeX
--inspect Shows the parsing result
--version Show version
-h, --help Show this message
* Other things:
* Created the embryo of an extension system. Please don't use it
yet, as probably the API is bound to change.
* There are a couple of hidden, unsafe, features that are not enabled by default.