Difference between revisions of "Converting Latex to Wiki"
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| − | + | This is a script to help convert TeX tags into the correct form for wiki. At the moment the script doesn't handle the <nowiki>\newcommand </nowiki> environment or figures and certain types of tables. [http://www.python.org/ Python] is required. | |
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| + | We are actively working on improving the program and we welcome your input. The code is ''relatively'' straight forward | ||
| + | to modify and you are welcome to add in your own lines to the code and we will use your updated version, | ||
| + | or if you have a request you can add these to the discussion page. | ||
'''Caveat Emptor''': This code IS NOT PERFECT. The script will do a lot of the leg work, but expect to make some minor modifications after the script has been run. | '''Caveat Emptor''': This code IS NOT PERFECT. The script will do a lot of the leg work, but expect to make some minor modifications after the script has been run. | ||
Revision as of 06:10, 4 June 2006
This is a script to help convert TeX tags into the correct form for wiki. At the moment the script doesn't handle the \newcommand environment or figures and certain types of tables. Python is required.
We are actively working on improving the program and we welcome your input. The code is relatively straight forward to modify and you are welcome to add in your own lines to the code and we will use your updated version, or if you have a request you can add these to the discussion page.
Caveat Emptor: This code IS NOT PERFECT. The script will do a lot of the leg work, but expect to make some minor modifications after the script has been run.
Usage
The script is executed using the following syntax:
>python latex2Qwiki.py < infile.tex >outfile.qwiki
That's really it.
Capabilities
The script will strip the preamble, \author tags etc. The \itemize environment is also recognized and parsed into a wiki list, however custom bullet types are not supported at the moment. The script makes the following replacements:
| LaTeX | replacement wikitext |
|---|---|
| \cite{} | ([#References|references]) |
| \emph{ txt } | ''txt'' |
| \texit{ txt } | ''txt'' |
| \texttt{ txt } | =txt= |
| \textbf{ txt } | '''txt''' |
| \textt{ txt } | =txt= |
| \begin{ equation }(*?) or \[ | <center><math> |
| \end{ equation }(*?) or \] | </math></center> |
| \begin{ eqnarray }(*?) | <center><math><\begin{matrix}> |
| \end{ eqnarray }(*?) | <\end{matrix}></math></center> |
| $ | <math>or </math> |
| \begin{verbatim} | <br><code> |
| \end{verbatim} | </code><br> |
| \[..]section | appropriate wiki heading level |
The Script
For security, python scripts cannot be served off of Qwiki. Please change the extension for '.txt' to '.py' after downloading.
References
This script is based heavily on Latex to Wiki on Qwiki which in turn was based on latex2twiki.py.
