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[[MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] uses a subset of '''[[TeX|TeX]] markup''', including some extensions from [[LaTeX|LaTeX]] and [[AMSLaTeX|AMSLaTeX]], for mathematical formulae. It generates either [[PNG|PNG]] images or simple [[HTML|HTML]] markup, depending on [[Help:Preferences#Rendering_math|user preferences]] and the complexity of the expression. In the future, as more browsers are smarter, it will be able to generate enhanced HTML or even [[MathML|MathML]] in many cases.  (See [[blahtex|blahtex]] for information about current work on adding MathML support.)

[[MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] ''[[Help:Magic Words|Magic Words]]'' use a subset of '''[[TeX|TeX]] markup''', including some extensions from [[LaTeX|LaTeX]] and [[AMSLaTeX|AMSLaTeX]], for mathematical formulae. It generates either [[PNG|PNG]] images or simple [[HTML|HTML]] markup, depending on [[Help:Preferences#Rendering_math|user preferences]] and the complexity of the expression. In the future, as more browsers are smarter, it will be able to generate enhanced HTML or even [[MathML|MathML]] in many cases.  (See [[blahtex|blahtex]] for information about current work on adding MathML support.)

More precisely, MediaWiki filters the markup through [[Texvc|Texvc]], which in turn passes the commands to TeX for the actual [[w:Rendering (computer graphics)|render]]ing. Thus, only a limited part of the full TeX language is supported; see below for details.

More precisely, MediaWiki filters the markup through [[Texvc|Texvc]], which in turn passes the commands to TeX for the actual [[w:Rendering (computer graphics)|render]]ing. Thus, only a limited part of the full TeX language is supported; see below for details.

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