Re: ELPA submission: mathjax.el

[Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>]

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  > I would like to add the package residing at the following location to
  > ELPA:

  > https://github.com/astoff/mathjax.el

As I recall, mathjax does a useful job, but depends on a browser to
run special Javascript code.  It has been some years since I heard
about that -- is my memory right?  If not, could you explain how
things really work?

This raises an issue which is one of the biggest issues in computing
and freedom: how to give users control over the Javascript programs
that run in their browsers.

I have an idea for how perhaps to do that.  I don't know enough
about web browsers and Javascript to be sure whether it can work.
Could you please work with me to explore the possibility?

The first step is to think about how the Mathjax Javascript program
couples to and relates to the Emacs Lisp program.  Could you please
explain how that coupling works now?

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