Dynamic Latex Preview

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Thank you for answering my previous question about adding Latex capabilities in questions.

There is only one more feature I would like to make anspress perfect for me. I would like a  “dynamic preview” of the latex entered into the text editor.

This “dynamic preview” is a feature for users writing questions (and answers) on the Q&A sites mathoverflow.net and math.stackexchange.com. I’m trying to mimic these sites for my classroom.

Here is what I mean, currently when a user enters a question in anspress with latex they’ll see

What I want is the text to be captured and echoed onto the screen, something like what’s in the next image:

Now, it doesn’t have to be in that position, just as long as the user can see it when they are typing would be perfect.

 

Previously I had been using wpmu’s Q&A (https://github.com/wpmudev/qa) which is no longer being worked on. The “dynamic preview” was accomplished by entering

add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'omega_theme_setup' );
function add_qa_script(){
?>
<script>
 jQuery(function ($) {
 	if (typeof(tinyMCE) != "undefined") {
        tinymce.on('SetupEditor', function (editor) {
            if (editor.id === 'answer') {
                // Could use new 'input' event instead.
 $("<div id='live-type' style='margin:20px 0px'></div>").insertAfter("#edit-answer");
                editor.on('change keyup paste', function (event) {
                   
              $("#live-type").html(this.getContent());
MathJax.Hub.Queue(["Typeset",MathJax.Hub,"live-type"]);
                });
            }
            if (editor.id === 'question_content') {
 $("<div id='live-type' style='margin:20px 0px'></div>").insertAfter("#ask-question");
            	editor.on('change keyup paste', function (event) {
                       
                	$("#live-type").html(this.getContent());
MathJax.Hub.Queue(["Typeset",MathJax.Hub,"live-type"]);
                	

            	});
            }

        });
     }
    });
</script>
<?php
}
add_action( 'wp_footer', 'add_qa_script', 100 );

into the themes functions.php file.

 

Is there an easy way to accomplish the same thing with anspress? Thank you very much.

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Please send your site credentials to [email protected], I will try and add the proper code.