Alternatively, you can also define a custom "role", e.g.:
.. role:: raw-latex(raw)
:format: latex
Then you can use :raw-latex:`arbitrary \LaTeX\ commands` in a normal paragraph.
See https://stackoverflow.com/q/7533406/.
cheers,
Matthias
On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 11:30 AM jfbu <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Hi, just to point out a slight amendment to Takeshi's advice in this specific
> case: add a backslash after the LaTeX command name (here \LaTeX).
>
> .. |latex| raw:: latex
>
> \LaTeX\
>
> hello |latex| world
>
> or in place of \LaTeX\, use\LaTeX{}
>
> This is due to well-known to LaTeX users behaviour of "\command<space>"
>
> (rest mark-up use \<space> to suppress a space, LaTeX mark-up uses \<space>
> to force a space... in the substitution the contents is taken over literally
> and handed over as is to the produced LaTeX file, so we must obide therein by
> the rules of LaTeX mark-up)
>
> Jean-François
>
> Le 27/10/2018 à 10:42, Komiya Takeshi a écrit :
> > You can do it with raw directive and substitution::
> >
> > .. |latex| raw:: latex
> >
> > \LaTeX
> >
> > hello |latex| world
> >
> > But the LaTeX is only shown on LaTeX output. If you want to see it on
> > other outputs, any extension might be needed.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Takeshi KOMIYA
> > 2018年10月27日(土) 6:03 John H Palmieri <[email protected]>:
> >>
> >> If I use the string "\LaTeX" in an reST document and run it through
> >> Sphinx's latex builder, it strips the leading backslash, so if I run it
> >> through Sphinx's pdf builder, I just get the text "LaTeX". I would instead
> >> like to use the command "\LaTeX", which produces a nicely typeset LateX
> >> symbol. Is there any way to do this?
> >>
> >> To be honest, I know one way, but it is hacky: use something like
> >> \hbox{\LaTeX} within math mode. But there is the broader question of how
> >> to use LaTeX commands which are not supposed to be in math mode.
> >> Suggestions?
> >>
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