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 > [[here|http://www.andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/en/plugins.php]].
 >
 > -- [[Louis|spalax]]
+
+>> Thanks, I looked at it. I don't think there's any special language for algorithms
+>> (anyway I couldn't find any), but for the record I found the following possibilities:
+>>
+>> 1. LaTeX: Not very readable in source form, but could be highlighted, didn't try
+>> 2. Writing in a subset of Python/Pascal/Fortran and using their highlighting
+>> 3. Define a new highlight syntax
+>>
+>> What about [[plugins/teximg]]? If it can be used to generate algorithms from LaTeX, it would be
+>> an easy excellent solution.
+>>
+>> --[[fr33domlover]]
+
+> [[plugins/teximg]] is the best thing that currently exists. Since it isn't
+> enabled on this wiki, and the author's ikiwiki has disappeared, I put one of
+> the test formulas into a private test wiki of mine. Here's a screenshot:
+> <http://imgur.com/nT6mefx>
+> 
+> I think it would be great if someone [[wrote a
+> plugin|todo/Add_nicer_math_formatting]] for [math.js](http://mathjs.org), as
+> talking to my semantic-web/scientist colleagues, that's the current
+> state-of-the-art. -- [[Jon]].