MathML

All mathematical expressions in Mechanical Expressions are written in MathML, so you can copy and paste directly to or from any other MathML program.

Usually the standard Edit / Copy or Ctrl-C command should work. If this doesn't give you the desired result, try the Edit / Copy As command. Select from the submenu of choices appropriate to your application.

If you copy an expression that uses Intermediate Variables, the algebra system will create a function from the pasted expression.

To Paste math into Mechanical Expressions it must be Content MathML.

• Maple creates Content MathML by default.
• To create Content MathML in Mathematica v6.0, execute the following commands:

       SetOptions[XML`MathML`ExpressionToMathML, "NamespacePrefixes" > {}, "Formats" > {"ContentMathML"}]

       SetOptions[XML`MathML`BoxesToMathML, "NamespacePrefixes" > {}, "Formats" > {"ContentMathML"}]

       SetOptions[Export, ConversionOptions > {"NamespacePrefixes" > {}, "Formats" > {"ContentMathML"}}]

       SetOptions[ExportString, ConversionOptions > {"NamespacePrefixes" > {}, "Formats" > {"ContentMathML"}}]

• To create Content MathML in Mathematica v7.0 or higher, execute the following commands

       ExportString[expression, "MathML", "Presentation"-> False, "Content" -> True]

       Then copy the content MathML representation (the exported mathematical expression) as Plain Text and paste it into Mechanical Expressions.