Custom latex strings aren't passed correctly to latex output

[MaxGhenis]

e.g. stargazer.custom_columns('\beta') produces this latex (notebook):

\\multicolumn{2}{c}{\x08eta}

It seems like this might be happening because it's first parsed as HTML?

[toobaz]

e.g. stargazer.custom_columns('\beta')

In this code, the backslash is never recorded as such, as \b is read as an escaped character, and stargazer can't do anything about it.

Try stargazer.custom_columns('\\beta') or stargazer.custom_columns(r'\beta').