Dear list,
"raw" LaTeX can already be successfully exported by some exporters :
both html and odt exporters can translate (a limited subset of) such
latex expressions in something palatable to their respective targets
(Mathjax and representation MathML respectively).
This does *not* apply to LaTeX marked as such. To be clear :
babble babble $\int_a^b f(x) dx$ noise noise
will export the math expression to html and odt (if tex:t or
tex:dvipng or tex:dvisvgm) ; on the other hand
babble babble @@latex:$\int_a^b f(x) dx$@@ noise noise
will not. Neither will :
#+latex: \[\Phi_{\mu, \sigma}(x) =
\frac{e^-{\frac{(x-\mu)^2}{2\sigma^2}}}{\sigma\sqrt{2\pi}}\,.\]
nor :
#+begin_export latex
\[\Phi_{\mu, \sigma}(x) =
\frac{e^-{\frac{(x-\mu)^2}{2\sigma^2}}}{\sigma\sqrt{2\pi}}\,.\]
#+end_export
This has an annoying consequence : a function cannot (easily) return a
LaTeX block. One can return a raw result, but this loses the link
between the function and its result(s).
John Kitchin has suggested
(https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2021-07/msg00099.html)
to wrap raw latex code in a drawer ; this works, but I am unable to
understand how, and I do not know what are the consequences.
Having an option allowing latex code marked as such to be passed to
other exporters (possibly with conversion) would allow a "cleaner"
solution.
What do you think ?
--
Emmanuel Charpentier
