I have now managed to make LatexRender as a plugin (download files here<\/a>) which means that it won’t be necessary to edit WordPress files. Before you get too excited this assumes<\/p>\n

\n
1. You are using at least WordPress 1.2\t(which uses plugins)<\/li>\n
2. You have the latest files which don’t eat backslashes (detailed on page 2<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

   If not, you can still use the method in 5^{th<\/sup> August’s post<\/a>. Also you will need to put some information about where to find files in the latexrender files.<\/p>\n}

   1. You need to have <\/a>and ImageMagick installed on your server. If this is not possible, then try mimeTeX (see page 2<\/a>)<\/p>\n

   2. latexrender-plugin.php<\/strong>
   \nEnsure that
   \ninclude_once('\/home\/path_to\/wordpress\/latexrender\/latex.php');<\/code>
\ncontains the correct path to where you have put latex.php<\/p>\n

   3. latex.php<\/strong>
\nEnsure that
\n$latexrender_path = \"\/home\/domain_name\/public_html\/path_to\/latexrender\";<\/code>
\nand
\n$latexrender_path_http = \"\/path_to\/latexrender\"; <\/code>
\ncontain the correct path to where your latexrender files are to go<\/p>\n

   4. class.latexrender.php<\/strong>
\nEnsure that
\nvar $_latex_path = \"\/usr\/bin\/latex\";
\nvar $_dvips_path = \"\/usr\/bin\/dvips\";
\nvar $_convert_path = \"\/usr\/bin\/convert\";
\nvar $_identify_path = \"\/usr\/bin\/identify\";<\/code>
\npoint to the right places.<\/p>\n

   For Windows the paths in class.latexrender.php<\/strong> must use \\ or \/ not just a single \\
\nFor example
\nvar $_latex_path = \"C:\\texmf\\miktex\\bin\\latex.exe\";<\/code>
\nor
\nvar $_latex_path = \"C:\/texmf\/miktex\/bin\/latex.exe\";<\/code><\/p>\n

   5. Create a new latexrender folder in your WordPress folder, with sub folders tmp and pictures. These 2 folders must<\/code> be chmod to 777. Upload latex.php<\/strong> and class.latexrender.php<\/strong> to the latexrender folder<\/p>\n

   6. If you are happy to let commenters use LaTeX (but beware spammers) then in latexrender-plugin.php<\/strong> remove \/\/ from the line:
\n\/\/ add_filter(‘comment_text’, ‘addlatex’);<\/p>\n

   7. Upload latexrender-plugin.php to WordPress’s plug-in folder (\/wp-content\/plugins) and activate it in the Plugins menu<\/p>\n

   <\/a> should now be enabled! Use [tex ] and [\/tex ] (without the space) to surround your maths. There’s a tex button to do this for you.<\/p>\n

   
\nUp till this weekend WordPress ate backslashes (ie made them disappear) so <\/a> commands don’t work. This bug has been resolved but if you don’t wish to upgrade your files, you can make the changes yourself:
\n8. wp-includes\/functions-formatting.php<\/strong>
\nLine 226
\nAfter
\nfunction format_to_edit($content) {<\/code>
\nRemove the line that says:
\n$content = stripslashes($content);<\/code><\/p>\n

   (ii) wp_includes\/functions.php<\/strong>
\nLine 1081
\nChange
\n$content = stripslashes($post->post_content);<\/code>
\nto
\n$content = $post->post_content;<\/code>
\nLine 1089
\nChange
\n$pages[0] = stripslashes($post->post_content);<\/code>
\nto
\n$pages[0] = $post->post_content;<\/code><\/p>\n

   9. No access to <\/a>? Then get mimeTeX<\/a> and download wp-latexrender.zip<\/a> which contains mimetex.php and mimetex_plugin.php.
\nYou need a latexrender folder inside WordPress and a subfolder called pictures which must<\/strong> be chmod to 777.
\nIn mimetex.php <\/strong>you need to put in your paths for
\n$mimetex_path = \"\/home\/domain_name\/public_html\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi\";
\n$mimetex_path_http = \"http:\/\/domain_name\/mimetex\";
\n$mimetex_cgi_path_http=\"http:\/\/domain_name\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi\";
\n$pictures_path = \"\/home\/domain_name\/public_html\/mimetex\/pictures\";<\/code><\/p>\n

   Then upload mimetex.php to the latexrender folder. Upload mimetex_plugin.php to the plugins folder and activate it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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