Re: Stretchy characters not stretched in MathML-only document

[X-posting to mozilla.dev.tech.dom just in case.]

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:02:24 +0200, /[email protected]/:

> Stretchy characters appear correctly in MathML embedded inside an 
> XHTML document, but if the same MathML content is read from a 
> non-XHTML file containing the math element as its root element, they 
> are not stretched. See and compare: 
> 
> http://intelsig.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~piater/test/stretch.xhtml
> http://intelsig.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~piater/test/stretch.xml
>
> Is there a reasonable explanation for this, or should I file a bug?
> This happens in both Firefox 2 and 3.

It is interesting to note if the <math> element is not the document 
element (in any XML document) it appears o.k.:

<foo>
   <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML">
     ...
   </math>
</foo>

The "stretch.xml" example also appears o.k. if served as 
"text/mathml" MIME type.  Mozilla doesn't seem to recognize the 
"application/mathml+xml" MIME type.

-- 
Stanimir