Precompile math to MathML

[nschloe]

Feature Description

Right now, the common way for displaying math on GitHub/GitLab/Gitea etc. is to use a front-end library like MathJax or KaTeX to render math in the browser using a JS framework. For a long time, this was the only thing you could do to get math to display.

For about 3 years now, we have MathML Core in all major browsers. This allows us to run the tex-to-mathml conversion in the backend, delivering MathML code. Together with a font file, results looks really nice. The biggest advantage is that equations are displayed virtually instantly though, making math a first-class citizen.

I'd hence like to suggest to (perhaps optionally), compile the math blocks into MathML in Gitea's backend.

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[lunny]

It might be a plugin after #36099 merged?

[wxiaoguang]

It might be a plugin after #36099 merged?

Definitely unrelated. You have a hammer then everything in your eyes becomes nails.

[nschloe]

That's right. As the original suggestion says, this includes backend work.