Formatting output using markdown-it and MathJax

smartassist/src/html/client.html

@@ -21,11 +21,21 @@
     </script>
 
     <!-- Marked for markdown rendering -->
-    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/marked/marked.min.js"></script>
+    <!-- <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/marked/marked.min.js"></script> -->
+    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/markdown-it@14.1.0/dist/markdown-it.min.js"></script>
+
 
     <!-- Include MathJax library to render mathematical notation -->
-    <script src="https://polyfill.io/v3/polyfill.min.js?features=es6"></script>
     <script id="MathJax-script" async src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/mathjax@3/es5/tex-mml-chtml.js"></script>
+    <script>
+        window.MathJax = {
+          loader: { load: ['input/tex', 'output/chtml'] },
+          tex: {
+            packages: ['base', 'ams'],
+            inlineMath: [['$', '$']]
+          }
+        };
+    </script>
 
 
     <!-- Get the javascript handling communication with the backend -->

smartassist/src/static/js/frontend.js

@@ -3,15 +3,11 @@
 const chatbox = document.getElementById('chatbox');
 const userInput = document.getElementById('userInput');
 
-// // Check for Marked
-// if (typeof marked === 'undefined') {
-//     console.log('Marked is not defined');
-//     const script = document.createElement('script');
-//     script.src = "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/marked/marked.min.js";
-//     script.onload = initializeChatbot;
-//     document.body.appendChild(script);
-//     console.log('Marked is now defined');
-// }
+const parser = window.markdownit();
+
+// const html = markdownIt.use({
+//   // You can customize the parser options here, e.g., enable/disable certain features
+// });
 
 
 // Define a function to send the user's message to the AI
@@ -46,6 +42,20 @@ function sendMessage() {
     }
 }
 
+function customRenderer(markdownText) {
+  // Use a regex pattern to match LaTeX code (e.g. $$...$$ or $...$)
+  const latexPattern = /(?:\$\$|\\\[)(.*?)?(?:\$\$|\\\])/g;
+  
+  // Replace each occurrence of LaTeX code with an HTML span element
+  const html = markdownText.replace(latexPattern, (match, p1) => {
+    return `<span class="latex">${p1}</span>`;
+  });
+  
+  // Return the rendered HTML
+  return html;
+}
+
+
 // Define a function to render a message in the chatbox with a specific class name
 function renderMessage(text, className) {
     // Create a new div element to hold the message
@@ -58,13 +68,20 @@ function renderMessage(text, className) {
     // messageElement.textContent = text;
 
     // Parse Markdown text into HTML and set it as the innerHTML of the element
-    messageElement.innerHTML = marked.parse(text);
+    // messageElement.innerHTML = marked.parse(text);
+
+    // Use the markdown-it parser
+    const html = parser.render(text);
+    messageElement.innerHTML = html;
 
     // Typeset math
-    MathJax.typesetPromise([messageElement]);
-
-    // Append the message element to the chatbox
+    // Append the message element to the chatbox immediately
     chatbox.appendChild(messageElement);
+
+    // Typeset math in the message element
+    MathJax.typesetPromise([messageElement]).then(() => {
+        // No need to append anything here, it's already appended above
+    });
 }
 
 // Make the button toggle colour when user presses Enter on keyboard