sphinx-math-dollar is a Sphinx extension to let you write LaTeX math in RST using $$.
To enable install it
.. code::
pip install sphinx-math-dollar
or
.. code::
conda install -c conda-forge sphinx-math-dollar
Then in your conf.py, add 'sphinx_math_dollar' to your extensions list:
.. code:: python
extensions = ['sphinx_math_dollar', 'sphinx.ext.mathjax']
mathjax_config = { 'tex2jax': { 'inlineMath': [ ["\(","\)"] ], 'displayMath': [["\[","\]"] ], }, }
mathjax3_config = { "tex": { "inlineMath": [['\(', '\)']], "displayMath": [["\[", "\]"]], } }
The mathjax_config is needed to prevent MathJax from parsing dollar signs
which are ignored by the extension because they should not be parsed as math.
You will now be able to use dollar signs for math, like $\int\sin(x)\,dx$,
which will produce $\int\sin(x)\,dx$. You can also use double dollar signs for
display math, like $$\int\sin(x)\,dx$$, which produces $$\int\sin(x)\,dx$$
(if you are reading this on GitHub, look at the version built by Sphinx here <https://www.sympy.org/sphinx-math-dollar/>_). The usual Sphinx :math:
and .. math:: directives will also continue to work.
The extension will also work with docstrings when combined with the
sphinx.ext.autodoc <https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions/autodoc.html>_
extension.
sphinx-math-dollar uses a blacklist to determine which docutils nodes <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/doctree.html>_ should not be
parsed. The default blacklist is
.. code::
(FixedTextElement, literal, math)
FixedTextElement covers the Simple Body Elements <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/doctree.html>_ nodes.
Any docutils node that is contained in a blacklisted node or a subclass of a
blacklisted node will not have $math$ parsed as LaTeX.
You can modify this by setting math_dollar_node_blacklist in conf.py.
For example, to also prevent $math$ from rendering in headers nodes <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/doctree.html#header>_, add
.. code:: python
from sphinx_math_dollar import NODE_BLACKLIST from docutils.nodes import header
math_dollar_node_blacklist = NODE_BLACKLIST + (header,)
Note that configuring this variable replaces the default, so it is recommended
to always include the above default values (NODE_BLACKLIST) in addition to
additional nodes.
To debug which nodes are skipped, set the environment variable
MATH_DOLLAR_DEBUG=1 or set math_dollar_debug = True in conf.py.
If you feel a node should always be part of the default blacklist, please make
a pull request <https://github.com/sympy/sphinx-math-dollar>_.
See the issue tracker <https://github.com/sympy/sphinx-math-dollar/issues>__
for a full list of known issues.
Absolute values can produce errors like Inline substitution_reference start-string without end-string.. See issue #16 <https://github.com/sympy/sphinx-math-dollar/issues/16>__.
This is because Sphinx parses the vertical bars |x| as inline
substitutions. To work around this, add spaces around the absolute value
bars, like 1 + | x | + y. If an absolute value bar is at the beginning
or end of the math expression, use curly braces (to avoid false positives,
sphinx-math-dollar will not parse dollar signs as math if there is a space
after the first $ or before the last $). For example, replace $|y| \geq |x^e|$ with ${ | y | \geq | x^e | }$, which produces ${ | y |
\geq | x^e | }$.
sphinx-math-dollar is designed to work with RST, which does not natively support dollar signs for LaTeX math. If you prefer Markdown, we recommend using MyST, which natively supports dollar math (this extension is not required).
MIT.