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Replace equations $ ... $ or $$ ... $$ with KaTeX HTML using Python
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import re | |
import execjs | |
def find_equations(string): | |
""" Take in a string, and convert everything between $ ... $ into an inline | |
equation and everything between $$ ... $$ into a centred equation. """ | |
doubledollar = re.compile(ur"\$\$([^$]+)\$\$") | |
singledollar = re.compile(ur"(?<![\$])\$([^$]+)\$(?!\$)") | |
inline_equations = re.findall(singledollar, string) | |
centred_equations = re.findall(doubledollar, string) | |
return inline_equations, centred_equations | |
def remove_dollars(string): | |
""" Takes equation delimited by dollars as input, and removes the dollar | |
signs at the beginning and end. """ | |
return re.sub("[\$]", "", string) | |
def import_katex(): | |
""" Imports katex into the local namespace for use as | |
`katex.call("katex.renderToString", "E = mc^2") """ | |
source = open("lib/katex.js").read() | |
katex = execjs.compile(source) | |
return True | |
def eqn_to_html(eqn_string): | |
""" Takes equation string, e.g. "E = mc^2", and outputs KaTeX HTML """ | |
try: | |
return katex.call("katex.renderToString", "E = mc^2") | |
except ReferenceError: | |
print "Error rendering KaTeX HTML. Please ensure that you have", | |
print "imported KaTeX into the Python namespace." | |
return False | |
def replace_eqn(string): | |
""" Takes a block of text, finds the equations and replaces the text with | |
HTML code """ | |
pass | |
with open("katex_markdown.md") as f: | |
original_content = f.read() | |
import_katex() | |
inline, centred = remove_dollars(find_equations(original_content)) | |
head = """<head> | |
<meta charset="utf-8"> | |
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="lib/katex.min.css"> | |
</head> | |
""" | |
body = """<body> | |
""", content, """ | |
</body> | |
""" | |
html = """<!DOCTYPE HTML> | |
<html> | |
""", head, """ | |
""", body, """ | |
</html> | |
""" | |
with open("katexpage.html", 'w') as f: | |
f.write(html) |
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