convert unicode to LaTeX
This script will convert unicode to a suitable LaTeX representation.
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It will convert accents, e.g. è → \`e or ũ → \~{u} or Ç → \c{C} . It will work fine both for the single codepoint Ç that is U+00C7 ; and for the combining version Ç that is U+0043 followed by U+0327
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It will also convert multiple accents ṩ → \.{\d{s}}
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It will expand ligatures ffi → ffi
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It will expand fractions ⅖ → \sfrac{2}{5} (this needs package
xfrac) -
It will convert small characters such as ﹦﹖
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It will convert subscripts rₐ tᵪ → r_{a} t_{\chi}
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And superscripts 0⁺ → 0^{+}
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It will convert math symbols, e.g. ∩ → \cap
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It will convert greek letters ϑ → \vartheta .
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It will express fonts, e.g. ⅅ → \symbbit{D} .
The aim is that the output be pure ASCII; but some characters
such as æ are currently not converted: in that
case the output should be compatible with standard LaTeX
by using \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
If instead conversions such as ⅅ → \\symbbit{D}
are happening, then the resulting LaTeX code
will need xelatex or lualatex with packages
fontspec and unicode-math.
Similarly if some particular unicode are used, such
as ⇎ that will be converted to \\nLeftrightarrow
This script will convert LaTeX to unicode.
With the --greek arguments, it will convert greek letters, \alpha → 𝛼
With the --math arguments, it will convert math symbols, e.g. \cap → ∩ .
Currently accents are always converted using the non-math representation,
for example Ù becomes \~u but in math-mode it should be \tilde u
Similarly the conversion of greek letters should be differentiated inside and outside mathematical environments.
The principal author has used the Python code editor
wing8 by Wingware
to develop this project, with a license kindly donated
by WingWare.