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[Massimiliano Gubinelli <address@hidden>]

Dear Frank,

 it is an interesting idea. However maybe a easier approach would be to have 
a plugin for the standard IRC protocol (or other instant messaging protocols) 
so that we can interact with other chatrooms which are not located in the 
server and which possibly can show math via some MathJax/LaTeX kind of 
support. The advantage to use TeXmacs would be that math input is more 
natural, while we keep the possibility to interact with external world. If 
the server do not support LaTeX input we can always send small images for the 
math content. But I see this as a possibility which is quite distinct from 
our own chatrooms (where we can directly use the TeXmacs format to share 
content which remains fully editable/copiable/etc...).

Max

> On 27. Jun 2021, at 18:39, Frank <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I have some thoughts about TeXmacs remote. Currently, Joris implemented a 
> server and a client. What about making it more flexible as a plugin? 
> Current model would force all users using TeXmacs. I would propose instead 
> we standardize the commands in plain text and then one can put it behind an 
> IRC client (or any other text-based chat client) and once TeXmacs receive a 
> message, it decodes it? We can have two output channels: one delivers the 
> tm code and the other delivers verbatims in Unicode, say. In that way, a 
> user could either use TeXmacs to receive a fully typesetted message, or its 
> verbatim if using other clients?
> 
> For that, it is then not necessary to ask others to install TeXmacs to 
> chat, but as an option to improve the display, which seems more friendly.
> 
> Best,
> Frank
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