From 73f09a9151b77b986576abd1f303c5f0b7156182 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rocky <rb@dustyfeet.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2021 12:35:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid MathML for Symbols and Integers

---
 mathics_django/web/format.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mathics_django/web/format.py b/mathics_django/web/format.py
index 9ff652495..22537e5fd 100644
--- a/mathics_django/web/format.py
+++ b/mathics_django/web/format.py
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ def eval_boxes(result, fn, obj, **options):
             form_expr = Expression("StandardForm", expr)
             result = form_expr.format(obj, "System`StandardForm")
             return eval_boxes(result, result.boxes_to_svg, obj)
+        elif head in ("System`Symbol", "System`Integer"):
+            # What obviously doesn't need MathML? Note: System`Real is kept in MathML
+            # because we might have exponents, e.g. 3 * 10^8.
+            result = Expression("StandardForm", expr).format(obj, "System`OutputForm")
         else:
             result = Expression("StandardForm", expr).format(obj, "System`MathMLForm")
     else: