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Last modified by Thomas Coelho (local) on 2026/03/13 11:41
From version 15.2
edited by Thomas Coelho (local)
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To version 18.4
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on 2026/03/06 13:42
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1 1  {{warning}}
2 -The Element Messenger is in testing. You can try it and report problems and ask questions. Currently voice and video calls are untested. The service can be taken down and your data (chats) can be deleted without notice.
2 +The Element Messenger is in testing. You can try it and report problems or ask questions. Currently voice and video calls are untested. The service can be taken down and your data (chats) can be deleted without notice.
3 3  {{/warning}}
4 4  
5 5  {{warning}}
6 -Because this system uses end-to-end encryption, you have to backup your encryption. This is important to make your  communication private wiithout a backdoor.
6 +Because this system uses end-to-end encryption, you have to backup your encryption key. This is important to make your  communication private without a backdoor.
7 7  {{/warning}}
8 8  
9 9  {{toc/}}
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23 23  * Synapse: The Matrix server backend
24 24  * MAS: Matrix Authentication Server - Backend Managing the Matrix Users
25 25  
26 +== Anatomy of a matrix address ==
27 +
28 +Matrix addresses are different then email addresses. This is important to lookup other users:
29 +
30 +**@username:homeserver**
31 +
32 +For example: @itptest:itp.uni-frankfurt.de
33 +
26 26  = Where to start =
27 27  
28 28  Starting is quite easy: Go to our Element-Web Client [[ITP Element-Web>>https://element.itp.uni-frankfurt.de]]
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58 58  
59 59  == Users with a different Matrix home server ==
60 60  
61 -Matrix is a federated service. You can communicate with any other Matrix user in the world. The HRZ offers an unsupported matrix instance (h. Communicating with university members is straight forward.
69 +Matrix is a federated service. You can communicate with any other Matrix user in the world. The HRZ offers an unsupported matrix instance ([[HRZ Matrix Server>>https://element.uni-frankfurt.de]]). Communicating with university members is straight forward.
62 62  
63 63  == People without Matrix access ==
64 64  
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74 74  
75 75  On our managed ITP machines, the desktop application "Element" is installed. This is basically a wrapped version off the web client, which uses the Electron frame work. It has some features the web app does not offer, like full text search trough your chats.
76 76  
77 -= =
85 += Special Features =
78 78  
79 -
87 +== Latex Formula Rendering ==
88 +
89 +It's declared as experimental feature. In the Desktop App you can add a configuration file in JSON format.
90 +
91 +{{code language="bash"}}
92 +cd ~/.config/Element
93 +{{/code}}
94 +
95 +Create a file "config.json" with the following content:
96 +
97 +{{code language="json"}}
98 +{
99 + "features": {
100 + "feature_latex_maths": true
101 + }
102 +}
103 +
104 +{{/code}}
105 +
106 +In the web client this is also enabled.
107 +
108 +You can render Latex with a surrounding $ or $$ for inline are block.