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Abacus MathML Editor 0.1

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Installation instructions (if these don't work, let me know what needs to be done):

* Requires Mozilla 1.7, Mozilla Firefox (untested!) 0.9, Nvu 0.3 (untested!)
* Requires JSLib installed from jslib.mozdev.org
* Edit /chrome/installed-chrome.txt to include the following lines:

content,install,url,resource:/chrome/abacus/content/
skin,install,url,resource:/chrome/abacus/skin/modern/
skin,install,url,resource:/chrome/abacus/skin/classic/
locale,install,url,resource:/chrome/abacus/locale/en-US/

* Unzip the file into your chrome directory. This should create an abacus directory in your chrome.
* Shut down Mozilla or your application entirely.
* Delete /chrome/chrome.rdf and /chrome/overlayinfo .
* Restart Mozilla, open Composer Application
* If everything worked, there should be a MathML button to the right of the spell check button.

If you're in Mozilla Firefox, the only URL you will be able to use right away is chrome://abacus/content/templates/editor.xul . (This is a MathML Template Editor.)

If you're in Nvu 0.3, you should be able to work with it right away.

Documentation is forthcoming.

XPI Request: I've not had the chance to take this code and make a cross-platform installer for Mozilla. If you are willing to contribute one, PLEASE have the XPI output flat-file chrome! Because of the MathML Template Editor requirements, an abacus.jar file is unacceptable at this time.

I am not quite launching abacus.mozdev.org yet; it took a little too long to prepare my code for release. So, the mozdev group will not be happy with me in a few days... Also, if there is something seriously horked with the installation (I doubt it), I will silently replace the code and post a notice here.

O'Reilly & Associates is hosting the slideshow I used at the Open Source Convention 2004. It's an OpenOffice document.

Posted by WeirdAl at July 30, 2004 11:42 AM