[Haskell-cafe] Haddock Markup

[Henning Thielemann]

Khudyakov Alexey wrote:

> I think MathML is much less accessible than images. Yes, there are problems 
> with them but any browser is able to display them save for text based ones. 
> MathML on contrary doesn't have much support. According to wikipedia only 
> recent versions of gecko based browsers and opera >=9.5 can do this. For IE 
> special plugin is required (MathPlayer). I believe image are safest way at 
> least for now. 

As far as I know, Haddock is not bound to HTML output. (And if it is 
bound this way, I wished it wouldn't.) For PDF Haddock output TeX 
formula will be the best choice, whereas for HTML, MathML or embedded 
images are the best. I expect there will be no consensus and the Haddock 
user should decide how he wants the formulas to be rendered. That's best 
generated from a structure preserving notation of math formulas (like 
Haskell expressions).