XML News from Thursday, August 19, 2004

Peter Jipsen has released ASCIIMathML 1.4.1, a JavaScript program that converts calculator-style ASCII math notation and some LaTeX formulas to Presentation MathML while a Web page loads. The resulting mathML can be displayed in Mozilla-based browsers and Internet Explorer 6 with MathPlayer.


David Tolpin has released RNV 1.7.1, an open source Relax NG Compact Syntax validator written in ANSI C. (I wonder why it only supports the comapct syntax? Even if the validator expects the compact syntax it shouldn't be hard to write a preprocessor that converts the full syntax to the compact syntax.) Version 1.7.1. fixes bugs. RNV is published under a BSD license.


The Mozilla Project has posted the third alpha of Mozilla 1.8. New features in 1.8 include FTP uploads, improved junk mail filtering, better Eudora import, and an increase in the number of cookies that Mozilla can remember. It also makes various small user interface improvements, gives users the option to disable CSS Use Style > None or a global preference, and adds support for CSS quotes.