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unrecognised tex code

asked 13 years ago

Dirk Danckaert gravatar image

updated 13 years ago

kcrisman gravatar image

Trying to prettyprint the output of a notebook cell I type this code:

view('m=ricol=ΔyΔx=+latex((y2y1)/(x2x1))+')

I see that AskSage renders the latex code correctly, but in my browser, the \frac command is not recognised and the output looks like

... racΔyΔx ...

The fraction generated by the latex()-command however IS rendered correctly.

To be perfectly clear: this is the unrendered code:

view('$m=\mathrm{rico}\,l=\frac{\Delta y}{\Delta x}=\,'+latex((y2-y1)/(x2-x1))+'$')

It seems as if my keyboard codes are misinterpreted. I noticed, e.g., that ':' in a piece of latex code is rendered as '.' - this may be related, or maybe not.

One other question: can I include latex commands such as '\begin{aligned}...\end{aligned}'? (Doesn't work here: \b is not recognised, same as \f).

Oh, and this must be important: latex is flawlessly rendered in TEXT-cells, including the {aligned} environment. It's only in sage-code cells that I experience these problems.

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I've had this happen a lot. Thanks for asking and answering so that others can find it.

kcrisman gravatar imagekcrisman ( 13 years ago )

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answered 13 years ago

Dirk Danckaert gravatar image

updated 13 years ago

OK, got it: in sage-code cells you have to escape the backslashes.

Example:

\frac{a}{b} doesn't work, but

\\frac{a}{b} does.

Another example: in an 'aligned' environment you need 4 backslashes to make a linebreak:

\\begin{aligned} ... \\ \\ ... \\end{aligned}
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You could use an "r" before the quote to 'escape' it also: view(r'τ=ν') works, too.

John Palmieri gravatar imageJohn Palmieri ( 13 years ago )

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