Support Math in Collaboraoffice

Installation & Configuration
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Have a nice day,

I installed collaboraofficebasis-math on the debian server, but couldn’t find the option to edit formulas in documents

Is libreoffice-math supported in collaboraoffice?

Debian packages version 21.06.11-1

Thanks
P. Marsik

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I asked the same question, it seems not yet. I have a small company and it’s a major issue for us actually. We do engineering and need to write equations, so it limits significantly the usefulness of Collabora for us. Basically, I doubt we’d switch to the paid version until that was implemented.

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Thank You

P. Marsik

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3 choices, can wait, or switch to the paid version which could go towards it coming sooner, or pay for it to be added so others benefit too.

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Thanks everyone for reporting your wishes, could you please make it formal by creating a feature request? : Sign in to GitHub · GitHub

as @rpear pointed out, that would be one of the ways to pull the boat towards what you want : )

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Hi @marsik and @crobar I have added a feature request for you. Support Math in Collabora Online · Issue #4049 · CollaboraOnline/online · GitHub If it doesn’t sound right to you please add a comment, or let me know and I’ll change it.

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I previously found Math mentioned in weekly meeting where apparently some work had started

Mike K started on bringing Math to Online … for editing equations.

Getting code enabled for LOK case – does it render to tiles etc.

more advanced changed there too …

    changing the current toolbar for various symbols into a sidebar etc.
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Hello,

Thank You. We will wait…

P. Marsik

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Could this feature development be suitable for a GSoC project?

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Hi @crobar I think this might be really a quite big and complex task for a student plus the GSoC’s dealines for ideas ended last Monday : /

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ok, thanks, obviously I have no idea of the complexity, but just thought I’d ask!

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Hi @marsik, @crobar, some good news in the 22.05.9 release notes, Math inline formula editing for Writer (experimental) is now in the Development Edition (CODE). I assume when it’s been tested satisfactorily it’ll be added to the supported Collabora Office version, maybe you will want to test it?

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Hello,

Unfortunately, we do not use your product. I cannot test the new
functionality

Thank you
P. Marsik

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I have installed 22.05.10.1, but don’t see how to add a formula?

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Hi Crobar,

tab Insert … > Formula Object.
Then the Sidebar provides the elements you need.
HTH

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thanks, no such option appears for me unfortunately

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and an existing formula I inserted with LO doesn’t appear to be editable in any way.

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I take it back, actually I can edit the existing formula object, but stil don’t see an option to insert a new one.

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@crobar Change your view to Tabbed View (View > use Tabbed view), then I can see the option, perhaps it is an oversight that it is missing from the Compact view.

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@rpear indeed, it’s in the tabbed view, excellent!

Now the wish list is to enable the text input for formulas

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ftr there is a ticket for support markup language method of editing math objects. · Issue #5820 · CollaboraOnline/online · GitHub