Customizing MathCast


There are a number of changes you can make to improve your MathCast usage experience. These changes manipulate the appearance and functionality of Mathcast. In order to make these modifications, you must edit some of MathCast files. If you try to edit the files mentioned below and you can't see some of the characters correctly, choose the Lucida Sans Unicode font.


The Lowlist

The Lowlist is the list of characters listed in the bottom of the Edit Screen. You can easily edit the file “lowlist.dat”, located in the “Interface” folder, and change the characters or add new ones.


Quick Keys

In the Rapid Mathline, pressing a key a few times can show other symbols. You can easily set these symbols through the “Keys.dat” file.


Adding Characters and Function Names

All the characters and function names that MathCast is aware of are located in the “Known.xml” file.

Here are the main guidelines: Here are the guidelines for the “in” element: To add a character of function name: locate the group name you want to add to, copy a close-by “in” tag and change the accordingly. Don’t change anything from the “markup” element.


Changing the Appearance

The settings for MathCast are located in Mathcast's folder in a file called “settings.xml”. There are three settings that control the colors of MathCast. These settings can be changed by editing the settings file with WordPad. The colors are in hexadecimal format.
The pictures of the buttons, backgrounds, and icons can also be changed. All the pictures used by MathCast the “Interface” directory. Try to keep the pictures of the buttons the same size, otherwise MathCast might not work correctly.


The Size of Spaces

In the Rapid Mathline the Ctrl+S key makes a space. You can customize the default length of this space in the “settings.xml” file: the tag to change is “spaceSize”.