On 2009-09-11, Florian Lindner wrote:
> Hello,
> I try to use math in my docstrings:
> def fp_out(self):
> """
> .. math::
> M_2 = \frac{M^2 \cdot (\kappa-1)+2}{\kappa (2 M^2-1)+1}}
> """
> k = self.f_prop.kappa
> I've activated the pngmath extension and it works for easier examples
> from the sphinx doc. But the code above gives using make html:
> WARNING: inline latex u'M_2 = \x0crac{M^2 \\cdot (\\kappa-1)+2}{\
> \kappa (2 M^2-1)+1}}\n\n': latex exited with error:
> I got no idea where \x0 comes from, I've deleted the line and typed it
> again from scratch but nothing changed. None of the editors I tried
> displays it like that.
Did you realize that it is ``\x0c``, the code for the character with
hex-number 0c, (sometimes written as ^L or line-feed)?
Comparing input to output you see:
\f \x0c
\c \\c
...
It looks like at some stage the backslash escaping is invoked.
You could try with a raw string or double backslashs.
r"""
.. math::
M_2 = \frac{M^2 \cdot (\kappa-1)+2}{\kappa (2 M^2-1)+1}}
"""
Günter
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