For questions about real time web chat that accompanies Mathematics Stack Exchange site.
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Should chat have TeX support?
OK, so chat is now available... but; it has been suggested that for Mathematics we should have TeX support.
The current TeX processing has some non-trivial client impact. Before I even attempt trying ...
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What was that? Chat with an “expert”
Today half an hour ago I visited MSE and I was proposed to chat with an "expert". I tried to discuss some questions about von Neumann algebras that botherd me, but this was not an expert I needed. ...
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Main Chatroom Etiquette Rules
The previous owner of the Mathematics chat Asaf Karagila drafted some etiquette rules for the chat. They were deleted, so I am reposting them so that they might be observed.
It's nice of you to drop ...
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What happens when the “move comments discussion to chat” link is used?
When clicking on the "move comments discussion to chat?" link (under an answer), what actions are triggered :
(a) if the click is by the poster of the answer
(b) if the click is by a commenter in ...
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RFC: Chat Seminars
Myself, J.M. and tb came to a wonderful enlightenment on the chat recently.
A few days ago, the chat went into a deep measure theoretic discussion and a separate room was spawned to keep the main ...
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Could chatrooms serve as noticeboards?
If there is some information related to this site, which you consider important enough to share with other users, the best way is probably to use meta. But I can imagine some situations when meta ...
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“You must have 20 reputation on The Stack Exchange Network to talk here.”
Whenever I try to enter chat it tells me, "You must have 20 reputation on The Stack Exchange Network to talk here". The same thing happens if I go into chat from some other Stack Exchange site.
I ...
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flags in chat yesterday
There was some sort of excitement yesterday or last night which I found mysterious. It turns out that in Chat, and there is just the one main chat which has been going forever, one may either star a ...
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Math.StackExchange chat Room
I created a chat room for us here. There are plans for each Stack Exchange site to eventually have its own chat site, but a single chat room should be fine for now.
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Why am I the owner of the chatroom?
So I talk a lot...
Is this enough reason to give me ownership on the chatroom? Is this ownership going to last until manual removal or something else?
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Problems with chat.
A few hours ago the MSE chat told me I didn't have sufficient reputation while I did. In an old question about the chat I asked balpha if he could fix this and he did and it was fine. However, I am ...
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Mathematics chat now available
Just a heads-up; Mathematics now has access to a third place, to chat in more real-time way via chat.stackexchange.
Please feel free to drop by. The "chat" link should appear at the top of all ...
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Chatrooms about mathematics?
How is http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/482/a-room-with-a-view-on-music-bird-names happens to be on the "list of rooms about mathematics" on the chat.SE page?
Is there a way to remove it from ...
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Why can't I chat in Mathematics chat room?
I am not able to write anything on mathematics chat room, what could be the problem.
I need help. thanks.
I have tried many times but been unsuccessful. Is it possible that someone blocked me or ...
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Self-programmed things such as annoucements to chat -room?
Unix.SE and Math.SE has totally different chats, Unix.SE gets a stream of questions. How can you add this kind of features/bugs to chat rooms?
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LaTeX rendering deferred poorly
The bookmarklet that is used to display MathJax in chat uses the Ajax "complete" event to know when to render the page contents.
Recently, it has been noted that new $\LaTeX$ does not get rendered ...
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Politeness in Chat
Recently I have noticed that have been some issues/arguments going on in the mathematics chat room between certain users. Sometimes the arguments get overboard and become personal, some of the things ...
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Conversations tab in Mathematics chatroom is not displaying
I have noticed this yesterday for the first time, I don't know whether this problem exists for longer time. When I go to the information page about the chatroom called Mathematics and click on the ...
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21 Reputation—not able to chat
I have 21 reputation, yet going to the Mathematics chat shows me the message that I must have at least 20 reputation.
Update:
There is a contradiction!
A notification reads that I have the ...
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Problem with reputation.
I'm currently having a problem with my reputation. The chat says it is 2484, but SE shows 2267 which seems to be wrong given the last uptades on the Q&As I've made. Any suggestions?
Thanks.
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Question related to the chat
I just read the thread Should chat have TeX support? and I would like to ask: what is the purpose of the chat? Is it fully off-topic, off-topic but math related, or can you even ask small questions ...
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Irc chat channel to supplement the beta
Having a chat channel wouldn't scale ultimately, but I wouldn't mind chatting about tangentially related subjects to the questions. Does anyone else have interest in setting up and Irc channel. I have ...
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How to close the room which you own
I eventually opened a chat room in the wrong way and now I would like to close it. I've tried to find a procedure to do it but I wasn't successful. Could you help me?
The room is here: ...
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How can I display LaTex with iPad in Chat?
This is the solution in Desktop here but I want to do it in iPad. How can I display LaTex in iPad's chat?
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chat profiles no longer show time details
This may apply to more chat rooms, but it applies at least to the Mathematics chat room.
In the past when hovering over the "last seen" and "last message" times on someone's chat profile, the precise ...
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Why aren't flags in chat anonymous?
How is this user finding out information about flagging?
http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8039304#8039304
what is breaking the anonymity of the flag system?
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iPad versions of Chat broken
The bugs do not cover main -site, only chat. I use the Apple Wireless Bluetooth -keyboard.
iPad Google Chrome (mobile version and desktop version have bugs)
page fluctuates ...
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Add MathJax support to chat [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should chat have TeX support?
Adding MathJax support to chat would be really helpful sometimes. Don't know what a performance impact that might mean though...
