General ⇒ Previewing LaTeX without LaTeX?

[sonny]

From what I've searched on the net, I assume the answer to the question above is "no".

I'm developing an application which performs numerical analysis, and the user has the possibility of automatically generating a memo with a description of the analysis just performed, containing math, simple figures, tables,...

My preference would be that my app generates such memos through LaTeX, because it has everything I could dream of, but however I find it unreasonable to force users of my software to also install LaTeX.

Some time ago I asked in this forum for possible ways of embedding LaTeX in the installation directory of my application, but I still find it's overkill.

Would you suggest another alternative? Are there any LaTeX alternatives which would offer the features my app needs for generating these memos, without installing LaTeX in the users computers?

Thanks!!

[Johannes_B]

Most users are connected to the internet these days, and there are some LaTeX previewers out there. Our forum collaborates with WriteLaTeX, please follow the link above the code below.

Code: Select all

\documentclass[border=5pt]{standalone}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document} 
$\displaystyle
    x^2 \frac{d^2 y}{dx^2} + x \frac{dy}{dx} + (x^2 - \alpha^2)y = 0 $
\end{document}

Another possibillity could be MathML (or read someething at MathJax examples).