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[Hide]1 Reasons to Abandon Feature
- The original website http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html does no longer exist.
- The code can be found at https://ctan.org/pkg/mimetex with latest update from 2014.
- A copy of the original manual is found at https://www.mersenneforum.org/mimetex.htm.
- The code seems not maintained anymore. Since mimetex is a CGI program, security issues may exist.
I propose to take the advantage of the PHP 8 revision of the MathJax Service to remove mimetex already in ILIAS 8. At least ILIAS 9 should abandon it.
2 Technical Information
Mimetext is configured with a variable "path_to_latex_cgi" in the ilias.ini.php and this is treated with a setup aget and config in the MathJax service. This variable can be misunderstood as as MathJax related, like in the example given in the README of the Setup. Removing the Mimetex support will also remove the interpretation of this variable in the setup config.
3 Contact
- Author of the Request: Neumann, Fred [fneumann]
- Maintainer: Neumann, Fred [fneumann]
- Implementation of the feature is done by: Neumann, Fred [fneumann]
4 Funding
- No extra funding needed if done with the PHP 8 revision.
5 Discussion
Use the following discussion section to express your objections against this request or your consent to get rid of this feature.
JourFixe, ILIAS [jourfixe], 29 NOV 2021 : We highly appreciate this suggestion and accept to abandon mimetex support with ILIAS 8.
6 Implementation
{The maintainer has to give a description of the final implementation and possible consequences for existing installations.}
Removed Testcases
The following testcases have been removed from Testrail or modified because the feature is no longer part of the ILIAS core.
- {Test case number linked to Testrail} : {test case title}
Approval
Approved at {date} by {user}.
Last edited: 29. Nov 2021, 14:31, Kunkel, Matthias [mkunkel]