Re: some suggestions regarding kformula source code

On Tuesday 24 February 2009, vivek kumar wrote:
> In actuality, I have been trying to develop a full-fledged math editor
> (something like the one that is provided with mathcad(
> http://www.ptc.com/appserver/mkt/products/home.jsp?k=3901)) which can act
> as a front end to other math engines like sage(http://www.sagemath.org).
>
> I want to make it a kde application.
>
> I really do not have much experience with either gui development or such
> math editors. To that end I started searching the internet for any freely
> available math editor. It seems surprising that I couldn't find one (on
> linux).
>
> The closest that I could see was kformula, that helps me write the formulas
> in  ways that I would actually write it on paper. This is one part that I
> badly want for my editor. However, I had following confusion
>
> 1. Is it possible that the source code of kfromula can be modified suitably
> to meet my ends?

Depends... I guess it should be possible, though it might be hardish.

> The highest priority changes for me are the following
>
> 1. The cursor can be placed anywhere in the editable area and I can start
> typing from that point.

That's the big trick, since kformula now works more like a wordprocessor, so 
you start on the left hand and go on adding more and more symbols. But it 
would be worth an investigation, and I'm sure the kformula source will have 
lots of useful things for you.

-- 
Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.valdyas.org
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