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Chat messages currently show TeX as raw text. This renders inline and display math across web, desktop, iOS, and Android, with shared delimiter handling, horizontally scrollable equations, Copy TeX, and a source toggle. Code and currency stay literal; malformed or unfinished math stays readable.

Web loads KaTeX on demand. Mobile loads MathJax for self-contained SVG in math-containing text chunks, preserving selection, links, and streaming updates without changing the server protocol.

Implements #9641.

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  • Focused tests covering parsing, rendering, clipboard behavior, streaming, and native text layout contracts.
  • Client runtime, web, and mobile typechecks; targeted lint (existing warnings only).
  • Web production build and iOS/Android JS exports.
  • Playwright desktop checks for rendering, Copy TeX, source toggling, and horizontal overflow; physical iPhone development build tested by the maintainer. Android device and Electron shell were not exercised.
  • Pre-PR review completed; mobile equation clipping and math adjacent to code spans fixed before filing.

Before

Desktop, captured with Playwright using the previous renderer:

Desktop before math rendering

After

Desktop, captured with Playwright:

Rendered desktop equations

TeX source and copy controls

Desktop source toggle

iPhone

Maintainer-provided screenshot. The subsequent equation overflow fix was verified on the same iPhone; this earlier capture is retained at the maintainer's request.

Equations on iPhone

Implemented with GPT-6 in Codex.

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Render math equations in chat on web and mobile

  • Adds a shared Markdown math tokenizer in markdownMath.ts that recognizes inline and display math while leaving code spans, links, and currency untouched.
  • Web chat renders math using KaTeX via MarkdownMath.tsx, with display controls to copy TeX and toggle source.
  • iOS chat renders math in a persistent WebView using MathJax via NativeMathText.tsx, falling back to native text on failure.
  • Web clipboard logic in markdown-clipboard.ts now expands selections to include full math elements to preserve TeX source on copy.
  • Risk: escapeHtml helper in nativeMathHtml.ts contains invalid replacement-callback syntax and may fail to compile.

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  • New Features
    • Added LaTeX math rendering to web and mobile chat messages, supporting inline and display equations.
    • Added equation actions including copying TeX, viewing source, opening links, and file-menu interactions.
    • Wide equations now support horizontal scrolling, while unsupported or invalid expressions fall back to readable source text.
    • Copying rendered equations preserves their original TeX source.
    • Improved handling of math alongside Markdown formatting, lists, headings, links, and streaming content.
  • Documentation
    • Documented supported math delimiters and cross-platform rendering behavior.

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Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR introduces automatic math rendering across web and mobile, including shared Markdown parsing, KaTeX/MathJax integrations, mobile WebViews, clipboard controls, and streaming updates. Its broad cross-platform runtime and user-content rendering surface make it unsuitable for automatic approval.

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The change adds shared Markdown math parsing, KaTeX rendering for web, MathJax WebView rendering for iOS, TeX-preserving clipboard behavior, native interaction handling, tests, dependencies, and user documentation.

Changes

Shared math parser

Layer / File(s) Summary
Math syntax and range extraction
packages/client-runtime/src/markdownMath.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/markdownMath.test.ts, packages/client-runtime/package.json
The client runtime recognizes inline and display math, preserves source offsets, rejects invalid ranges, and exports the parser subpath with test coverage.

Web math rendering

Layer / File(s) Summary
Markdown integration and KaTeX rendering
apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx, apps/web/src/components/MarkdownMath.tsx, apps/web/src/components/MathTypeset.tsx, apps/web/src/mathRendering.ts, apps/web/package.json
The web Markdown pipeline parses math and renders validated KaTeX output with fallback text, display actions, and sanitization checks.
Math layout and clipboard handling
apps/web/src/index.css, apps/web/src/markdown-clipboard.ts, apps/web/src/mathClipboard.test.ts, apps/web/src/mathRendering.test.ts
Math receives dedicated layout styles, and clipboard selections preserve TeX source.

Native math rendering

Layer / File(s) Summary
Native parsing and math runs
apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/nativeMarkdownMath.ts, apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/SelectableMarkdownText.ios.tsx, apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/nativeMarkdownText.ts, apps/mobile/src/lib/wideMarkdownBlocks.ts, apps/mobile/src/lib/wideMarkdownBlocks.test.ts
The iOS parser restores math nodes, emits dedicated math runs, prevents run merging and skill decoration, and treats math content as wide Markdown.
MathJax rendering and WebView bridge
apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/nativeMathHtml.ts, apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/nativeMathAssets.ts, apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/nativeMathDocument.ts, apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/NativeMarkdownSelectableText.ios.tsx, apps/mobile/src/lib/nativeMathDocument.test.ts, apps/mobile/src/lib/nativeMarkdownMath.test.ts
The native renderer converts math runs to cached MathJax HTML, loads icons, synchronizes WebView revisions, handles copy, links, and menus, and validates fallback behavior.
Native styling and stable chunk keys
apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/nativeMarkdownRunStyle.ts, apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/NativeMarkdownBlock.ios.tsx, apps/mobile/src/lib/nativeMarkdownText.test.ts
Run styling moves to a shared helper, and selectable and rich chunk keys no longer include source end offsets.

Documentation and test support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Math usage documentation and timer setup
docs/user/composer.md, apps/web/src/components/cloud/CloudEnvironmentConnectList.test.tsx, apps/web/src/components/diffs/DiffFileTree.test.tsx, apps/web/src/components/files/useFileSaveCoordinator.test.tsx, apps/web/src/components/preview/PreviewView.test.tsx
The composer documentation describes math behavior, and selected tests keep setImmediate real while faking application timers.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to f1f80

This change adds cross-platform TeX math rendering, source controls, and copy behavior for chat messages. No concrete unresolved current-head risk remains in the supplied evidence.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ChatMarkdown
  participant MarkdownMath
  participant MathTypeset
  participant KaTeX
  ChatMarkdown->>MarkdownMath: parse math source
  MarkdownMath->>MathTypeset: render detected math
  MathTypeset->>KaTeX: renderMathHtml(source)
  KaTeX-->>MathTypeset: HTML or null
  MathTypeset-->>ChatMarkdown: rendered equation or source fallback
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sequenceDiagram
  participant SelectableMarkdownText
  participant NativeMathText
  participant NATIVE_MATH_DOCUMENT
  participant MathJax
  SelectableMarkdownText->>NativeMathText: pass runs with mathSource
  NativeMathText->>NATIVE_MATH_DOCUMENT: inject runs and revision
  NATIVE_MATH_DOCUMENT->>MathJax: render math SVG
  MathJax-->>NATIVE_MATH_DOCUMENT: equation HTML
  NATIVE_MATH_DOCUMENT-->>NativeMathText: height, copy, link, or file-action message
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In `@apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/nativeMarkdownText.ts`:
- Around line 291-295: Preserve the active RunContext metadata when constructing
math runs in nativeMarkdownText, rather than copying only href; include the
applicable heading, emphasis, list, quote, and spacing fields. Update the
equation wrapper in nativeMathHtml to consume those fields so inline math
retains the surrounding native Markdown presentation.

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- Line 24: Validate the href in the anchor click handler before sending the link
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- Line 39: Make MAX_MATH_LENGTH private by removing its export modifier in
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  • apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/nativeMathHtml.ts
  • apps/mobile/package.json
  • apps/mobile/src/lib/nativeMarkdownMath.test.ts
  • apps/mobile/src/lib/nativeMarkdownText.test.ts
  • apps/mobile/src/lib/nativeMathDocument.test.ts
  • apps/mobile/src/lib/wideMarkdownBlocks.test.ts
  • apps/mobile/src/lib/wideMarkdownBlocks.ts
  • apps/web/package.json
  • apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx
  • apps/web/src/components/MarkdownMath.tsx
  • apps/web/src/components/MathTypeset.tsx
  • apps/web/src/index.css
  • apps/web/src/markdown-clipboard.ts
  • apps/web/src/mathClipboard.test.ts
  • apps/web/src/mathRendering.test.ts
  • apps/web/src/mathRendering.ts
  • docs/user/composer.md
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- Around line 213-214: Restrict file menu handling to runs that have fileIcon,
either before passing props to NativeMathText or within NativeMathText’s
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