Mathdown

A lightweight syntax for matrices. Outputs MathML format.

Syntax

[
1 2 3
3 2 8
]

You can also use Markdown-style text emphasis

• _<text>_ or *<text>* for italic
• __<text>__ or **<text>** for bold
• ___<text>___ or ***<text>*** for italic and bold

[
***1*** 2 __3__
   3   _2_  8
]

You can use _ to leave an empty space in the matrix

[
***1*** 2 __3__ | _
   _   _2_  8   | 4
]

Newlines separate elements of your expressions. // denotes the start of a normal comment. It is not present in the output.

[
***1*** 2 __3__ | _ // This is a normal comment
_      _2_  8   | 4
]

1⊕=0
->
a=2b

// This is also a normal comment

[
1 2
5 3
]

# is used to make a separator comment. It separates your expressions into different <math> elements and is converted to an xml comment in the output document.

Usage

mathdown -b:r -i input.mth -o output.xml

Parameters

• -i <file path> Specifies the input path
• -o <file path> Specifies the output pathfile
• -b:s Uses square brackets
• -b:r Uses round brackets
• -b:l Uses line brackets