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Subject: Re: display and manipulate math symbols?
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On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:23 AM, b. f. <bf1783@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Is there any app or web site where you can select from a bunch
>>of math symbols and arrange them on-screen? =A0I'm not talking
>>about a program to solve; just display. =A0And i think you can
>>describe things in english like "sqrt(2)" in OOo, and have that sq
>>root sign displayed. =A0Not that either; rather pre-drawn symbols
>>that could be moused around,
>

Can I ask why you want to do this? That might help point to a suitable
solution. =A0With a little work you might be able to build something
like this with jsMath or MathML. =A0Here's info about jsMath:

http://www.math.union.edu/~dpvc/jsMath/