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Replace equations $ ... $ or $$ ... $$ with KaTeX HTML using Python
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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