Here is an informational post on a cool tool that I’ve found.
The tool is called Markdown here. It is a way to use a common rich text markup language and use it to make rich text in many web forms. It is (mostly) compatible with the LIGO a-log.
The steps to use it are:
Some of the features that you can use are:
It will accept latex formulae:
class INIT(GuardState):
request = True
def main(self):
log("initializing subordinate nodes...")
nodes.set_managed()
def run(self):
return True
optic | bias | how i feel |
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ETMX | 400cts |
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PR2 | 5cts |
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ITMY | 100V | tired |
As you are making your post, you will want to preview what it looks like, but if you want to edit, you must always change back to plain text before you edit, or you may lose changes.
By default, the return
key in the alog makes a double line break. Markdown here works a lot better with single line breaks. You can make single line breaks with shift+return
.
Because most browsers can’t display math fonts by default, the latex formulae are actually images, which is a bit inelegant, but it works. You must also explicitly enable latex formulae in the settings before it will work.
As a bonus, you can also use it with gmail (and thunderbird)! So you can put math in your emails as well.
Good luck!
WARNING: equations in markdown actually utilize a (possibly deprecated!?) online service. This means that the produced equations are actually links to images hosted on a third-party web site. If that site goes away, so do the equation images. Your log post my not look as intended in that eventuality.