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:: One of the unexpected inputs, introduced to a largish number of task pages over recent months by a well-intentioned program of editorial tidying, simply consists of <math> tags which to which redundant white spaces have been added, either before or after the Latex content.
:: One of the unexpected inputs, introduced to a largish number of task pages over recent months by a well-intentioned program of editorial tidying, simply consists of <math> tags which to which redundant white spaces have been added, either before or after the Latex content.
:: The point to be aware of is that in Rosetta pages, we are not editing actual HTML <math> tags, but rather MediaWiki input <math> tags, which are translated into their HTML counterparts by the MediaWiki processor. It is therefore important to be aware of the behaviour, and the input expectations, of the MediaWiki processor itself.
:: The point to be aware of is that in Rosetta pages, we are not editing actual HTML <math> tags, but rather MediaWiki input <math> tags, which are translated into their HTML counterparts by the MediaWiki processor. It is therefore important to be aware of the behaviour, and the input expectations, of the MediaWiki processor itself.
:: It is also important to check the real effects of any edits which we make on both kinds of browser - the majority, like Chrome and Safari, that display the graphic file, and the minority, like Firefox, that generate an image by local processing of MathML code. [[User:Hout|Hout]] ([[User talk:Hout|talk]]) 19:05, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
:: It is also important to check the real effects of any edits which we make on both kinds of browser - the majority, like Chrome and Safari, that display the graphic file, and the minority, like Firefox, that generate an image by local processing of MathML code, and depend on the local installation of requisite fonts. [[User:Hout|Hout]] ([[User talk:Hout|talk]]) 19:05, 20 September 2016 (UTC)


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At least two people   (Rosetta Code users),