LaTeX Equation Formatter

This Python script is a versatile tool for converting LaTeX equations between different formats. It allows you to easily switch between the following LaTeX equation formats:

• $...$ to \( ... \)
• \( ... \) to $...$
• $$...$$ to \[ ... \]
• \[ ... \] to $$...$$

Usage

Command-Line Usage

You can use this tool from the command line by running converter.py with the following arguments:

python converter.py <mode> <path> <filetype>

• <mode>: The conversion mode, which can be either "dedollarify" or "dollarify" LaTeX format.
• <path>: The file or directory path to process.
• <filetype>: applies regex replacements to only files ending with this specified extension. Default is tex.

Examples:

• To convert LaTeX equations in a single file from $...$ and $$...$$ to \( ... \) and \[ ... \] format:

python converter.py dedollarify input.tex tex

• To convert LaTeX equations in a single file from\( ... \) and \[ ... \] to $...$ and $$...$$ format:

python converter.py dollarify input.tex tex

• To convert LaTeX equations in all .tex files within a directory and its subdirectories:

python converter.py dedollarify /path/to/directory md

Unit Tests

To ensure the correctness of the conversion functions, we have included unit tests. You can run them using the following command:

python -m unittest tests/basic_tests.py

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• This project was inspired by the need to simplify LaTeX equation conversion.
• Special thanks to the Python community for the argparse and unittest modules.

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