See my page for details:

http://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~kzorin/

Cheers, Kirill.

not tested yet, but it seems well made so far (despite the messages that it "couldn't be done")...

This one I'll install for sure once it is bug free ...


EDIT:
a quicky for those who want to know what this plugins does:
It converts mathematical formulas (written in Tex) to a picture and sends it, inside the conversation itself, to your contact. Your contact needs the same thing to view the pic though.




Three remarks though:
* The /xtex command isn't listed as being a command, this can easly be solved of course (and should be, because it can have other side effects as well).

* It can be quite confusing and a big hassle to install the needed packages for certain people (plus that they are quite big). So a tutorial specifically for Windows and MSN Messenger with the needed links (and what to check in the setup files) wouldn't be bad...

* Also, it would be nice if the various libraries don't need to be installed. eg: it would be quite doable I think (hope) to implement the image manipulating routines directly into the plugin itself, same with the ghostscript for example. The additional things you need to install is much in filesize (+-18Mb?) and I highly doubt that everything is actually used.

First bugs:
* Only works in Windows Messenger; In MSN Messenger, when I send /xtex I get an error: "Invalid conversation window" (and Tex mode isn't enabled of course). (then it is followed by the Messenger Plus! error: "don't reconize the command" because of the first point above.)

* When I send text after I typed and send the "\tex blahblah" string, the screen is updated rather strange:

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CookieRevised says:
here is a line inserted when I send text after sending the Tex command
\tex \label{ex-2} \hat{p}^{\beta}_{1} (tg) = 1 - \frac{ (1 - f_{2}) d^{t}_{\left[ 1,2 \right]} \cdot g}{\beta_{t-2} - h cdot f_{1} d^{t-2}_{\left[ 0,1 \right]}-(1 - f_{1}) d^{t-1}_{\left[ 0,1 \right] }-g \cdot f_{2} d^{t}_{\left[ 1,2 \right]}} \end{equation}
[image here]
CookieRevised says:
some random text after sending the Tex command

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CookieRevised say
\tex \label{ex-2} \hat{p}^{\beta}_{1} (tg) = 1 - \frac{ (1 - f_{2}) d^{t}_{\left[ 1,2 \right]} \cdot g}{\beta_{t-2} - h cdot f_{1} d^{t-2}_{\left[ 0,1 \right]}-(1 - f_{1}) d^{t-1}_{\left[ 0,1 \right] }-g \cdot f_{2} d^{t}_{\left[ 1,2 \right]}} \end{equation}
[image here]
s:
CookieRevised says:
some random text after sending the Tex command

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just out of interest, why would you want this, its looks smart but i don't see the point of it tbh (much like the contact lense plugin )

Holy mother of god! Thats the greatest thing I have ever seen!

I have always wanted something like this!

Well not really... But I have been looking for something like this.

Good job!

Hi again,

Thanks for testing it with MSN Messenger! Well, on the website I did state that I only tested this on Windows Messenger 4.7 or whatever. As soon as I'm back home today, I'll add in the MSN Messenger 6+ support code.

Kirill.

P.S. - So clearly, one can notice that this is still in BETA, so I'm not guaranteeing anything. I can say it works fine on Windows Messenger 4.7, and apparently on version 5.x as the nice gentleman stated above.

P.P.S. - It doesn't quite send the image to the other party, no. What it does is send the "\tex blabla" to the other person, and the image is constructed and displayed on their side. It prevents unnecessary network traffic.

Hi again,

Bad news. MSN Messenger is structured quite differently from Windows Messenger in terms of the "controls", as they were, that Microsoft decided to use.

I'll have to do some research and see how to embed the plugin into MSN Messenger. This will likely be either an extension to the original plugin (which now works on Windows Messenger), or a separate plugin altogether.

That's what happens when you hack away at applications written by fascists.

i find no real use for this tool unless i'm in r 12 doing maths with a friend...

This sounds like a very useful plugin, thanks for writing it.

However, I'm afraid the friends I have/want to blurt out formulae to aren't at all interested in installing stuff on their machines (probably, they don't know how to either).

If you have time to look into this, I'd be grateful But I understand if you don't have that time on your hands and I'm prepared to look into Plus! Plugins myself, but before I start, I'll ask you this first; would it be possible to adapt this plugin to send the pictures as normal file transfers instead of inline pictures? (And do you allow people to do it?)

In any case, thanks for your time and this great plugin

(By the way - I haven't installed it yet, I only use MSN Messenger (7 actually) and I'm keeping track of developments via this topic; I only saw the screenshots sending it as inline pics )

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Originally posted by Kirill
Hi again,

Bad news. MSN Messenger is structured quite differently from Windows Messenger in terms of the "controls", as they were, that Microsoft decided to use.

I'll have to do some research and see how to embed the plugin into MSN Messenger. This will likely be either an extension to the original plugin (which now works on Windows Messenger), or a separate plugin altogether.

That's what happens when you hack away at applications written by fascists.

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Hello,
I know this thread is a very old one but i can't find the plugin. Has it been removed?

You can try using Math Pastebin. It isn't a real plugin, but it is usefull when you want to use LaTeX formulas in your conversations.

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Originally posted by Fukafly
course). (then it is followed by the Messenger Plus! error: "don't reconize the command" because of the first point above.)

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Originally posted by Mouk
i can't find the plugin. Has it been removed?

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Originally posted by John Anderton
Installing the LaTeX stuff is a HUGE pain in the neck and that itself needs a tutorial

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I know its an old thread, but this seems to be the only inline LaTeX plugin/script that I can find

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I had no problems accessing the page http://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~kzorin/texim.php. Did you look there?

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Originally posted by spj225
I know its an old thread, but this seems to be the only inline LaTeX plugin/script that I can find



I tried this link and all I get is a 403 error (Forbidden - you don't have access) - I assume this is because the author has left the university by now! Is there another source or can anyone get the site to work or have a copy of the files?

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The TeXIM plugin was written by Cyril Zorin and Andrei Barbu. Although Cyril's website seems to no longer work (as you noticed), Andrei's page still has some information. I don't see a working example for (Windows Live) Messenger, but there's an email address so you can contact him yourself to see if he still has some of the files that might help you