Slack
Installation
You can access the Slack channel of the course through the link in the sidebar, or through the link in the invitation mail that you received at the beginning of the course. It is recommended that you install the Slack desktop client, which is available for all major platforms – usually, a dialog prompt appears when you connect to the Slack channel through your browser.
Math Rendering
Please install the math rendering extension for the Slack desktop client. This will allow you to type equations and symbols using LaTeX syntax (via the MathJax library).
You will need a working Python installation to install this extension. The installation script was tested with Python 3.8 and Slack 4.8.0.
Either
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download (or clone it) from Github, or
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obtain it by cloning the distribution repository for the course (see sidebar). After cloning (or updating), navigate to the appropriate subfolder and install it by executing the following commands (either on the command line or in your Anaconda terminal):
cd path-to-your-local-copy-of-repo/apps/math-with-slack
sudo python math-with-slack.py
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