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Improve Math rendering errors
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Currently, whenever there is a rendering problem with a math tag big red color is displayed.
I propose to change that and display the input LaTeX code instead with the error message in a footnote or a popup.
Moreover, a tracking category should be assigned to that particular page.

However, to start with the implementation I need to find out.

  1. How to assign tracking categories?
  2. How to bring the message into the footnote, i.e. are there build in MediaWiki functions I could use, or do I need to use plain HTML?

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Add tracking category for math errorsmediawiki/extensions/Mathmaster+10 -1
Customize query in gerrit

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Physikerwelt created this task.May 10 2016, 12:31 PM
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Physikerwelt moved this task from Inbox to Needs clarification on the Math board.May 10 2016, 1:46 PM
Physikerwelt moved this task from Needs clarification to Blocked: needs help on the Math board.
Jdforrester-WMF added a comment.May 10 2016, 6:47 PM

You assign tracking categories with

$this->mParser->addTrackingCategory( 'math-tracking-category-error-foo' );

Where math-tracking-category-error-foo is a registered i18n string; Cite only has one, I think, but you can have multiple if it's needed.

Jdforrester-WMF added a comment.May 10 2016, 6:48 PM

See https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Cite/blob/4bbd227702d751d453ca5e123d646b8a2dde7aea/Cite_body.php#L1268 for Cite's code.

Physikerwelt moved this task from Blocked: needs help to Needs clarification on the Math board.May 10 2016, 7:48 PM
Physikerwelt moved this task from Needs clarification to Doing on the Math board.Jun 3 2016, 2:38 PM
gerritbot subscribed.Jun 3 2016, 3:43 PM

Change 292576 had a related patch set uploaded (by Physikerwelt):
Add tracking category for math errors

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/292576

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jun 3 2016, 3:44 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Jun 6 2016, 12:45 PM

Change 292576 merged by jenkins-bot:
Add tracking category for math errors

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/292576

matej_suchanek added a parent task: T35033: [DO NOT USE] Tracking categories (tracking) [superseded by #MediaWiki-TrackingCategories].Jun 6 2016, 7:03 PM
Liuxinyu970226 subscribed.Jun 8 2016, 2:17 PM
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SalixAlba mentioned this in T49037: Add tracking category to pages with errors in <math>.Jun 23 2016, 2:13 PM
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• GWicke triaged this task as Medium priority.Oct 12 2016, 10:07 PM
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Is there anything left to do here?

Physikerwelt lowered the priority of this task from Medium to Lowest.Oct 13 2016, 9:37 AM

Yes,

  1. How to bring the message into the footnote, i.e. are there build in MediaWiki functions I could use, or do I need to use plain HTML?
Physikerwelt moved this task from Doing to Inbox on the Math board.Feb 5 2017, 5:28 PM
Golopotw added a subtask: T33546: Make error messages for Math use wikitext.Jul 17 2017, 5:37 PM
• GWicke added a comment.Jul 17 2017, 6:03 PM

There is a related discussion about surfacing errors / warnings more systematically in T141970.

Golopotw mentioned this in T33546: Make error messages for Math use wikitext.Jul 17 2017, 9:07 PM
Golopotw closed subtask T33546: Make error messages for Math use wikitext as Resolved.
Golopotw subscribed.Dec 23 2017, 4:50 AM

Syntax error should include details, for examples "Missing close brace", "Missing argument for \frac".

Pkra moved this task from Inbox to MW Math Extension on the Math board.Dec 10 2018, 8:54 PM
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• mobrovac edited projects, added Services (watching), Platform Team Legacy (Watching / External); removed Platform Team Workboards (Blocked Externally), Services (blocked).Mar 14 2019, 12:39 AM
DannyS712 added a project: MediaWiki-Parser-TrackingCategories.Mar 13 2020, 5:53 PM
DannyS712 moved this task from Backlog to New tracking categories on the MediaWiki-Parser-TrackingCategories board.Mar 13 2020, 5:56 PM
DannyS712 removed a parent task: T35033: [DO NOT USE] Tracking categories (tracking) [superseded by #MediaWiki-TrackingCategories].Mar 13 2020, 6:02 PM
Aklapper moved this task from MW Math Extension to Inbox on the Math board.Jun 24 2020, 5:28 AM
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