#noc/#equ inline equations?

[javila]

Hi there!

Can anyone give me some tips on how to put the #noc/#equ equations (example bellow) in the same line? Unfortunately, the equations end up in different paragraphs.

So far, the only solution I found was using HTML tables. However, it's not a great solution since I want/need to use it very often in a document (and the contents vertical alignment is not always pleasing, even with some CSS style tweaks)...

By the way, since #noc tells Calcpad to do no calculations, I think we shouldn't get errors while using multiple = signs. What do you think?

#nosub
'simple example:
a = 1', 'b = 2', 'c = 3
#noc
d*c ≡ a*b
#equ
'∴'d = a*b/c

#noc
a = b = c
a = b ≡ c
a ≡ b = c
a ≡ b ≡ c

[Proektsoftbg]

Hi!

You can collect multiple lines as a single line in the output by starting the first line with a <p> tag, putting all intermediate lines in
<span>...</span> and ending the last line with </p>. Please try the following code:

#nosub
'<p>Simple example:
'<span>'a = 1', 'b = 2', 'c = 3'</span>
#noc
'<span>'d*c ≡ a*b'</span>
#equ
'<span>&there4;'d = a*b/c'</p>

Then you must get:

Although code is not calculated, it is still parsed and checked for validity. Parsing is needed not only for calculations, but also for rendering the output. Since = is the assignment operator and not equality, a = b = c is not valid expression in Calcpad.
What I do in such cases is to put the = in comments:

#noc
a'='b'='c
a*b'='c*d

Btw, as an alternative to #noc, you can use MathJax to render equations in Calcpad. Try the following code:

'<script async src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/mathjax@2/MathJax.js?config=AM_CHTML"></script>
'The formula `x = (-b +-sqrt(b^2 - 4ac))/(2a)` is used to find the roots of quadratic equations

However, it will not be exported to Word because MathJax does not support such option.

[javila]

Hi, @Proektsoftbg!

Wow. Your solution is way simpler than mine! I'll test it out soon with some of my documents and see how it goes.

And, yeah... I knew I could use MathJax but I wanted to keep Calcpad's look in the whole document.

BTW, this weekend I finally managed to clone the git repository and compile the source code in a Linux machine. It's wasn't that bad once I installed dotnet SDK and the wkhtmltopdf (and all dependencies). I modified (improved?) a lot of files for the CLI and I think it's pretty smooth and functional here (it may need more tests). I had to fix/rewrite/review some stuff here and there. Let me know if you want me to send you a DIFF file for some testing purposes... Something that I really think it should be modified: the name of the CLI program. In Linux, I get a program named Cli (and Linux is case sensitive). And IMHO, the program should be called calcpad-cli (or maybe just calcpad, since the Linux version didn't have a GUI yet). It would made more sense than a program simply called Cli. Oh! And I think file locations in Linux should be reviewed too (I didn't have time to do it just yet). It's kinda messy right now (I didn't "install" Calcpad, though).

[Proektsoftbg]

In Linux Cli is called Calcpad. We change the name when building. You can check the packages here:
https://github.com/Proektsoftbg/Calcpad/tree/main/Setup/Linux