pelican-katex 1.2.2

Server-side LaTeX typesetting for pelican

Server-Side LaTeX Typesetting for Pelican

This plugin hooks itself directly into docutils' reStructuredText parser to render math roles and blocks with KaTeX while building your blog. Therefore, you do not need to ship the KaTeX javascript implementation with your website anymore and improve the accessibility as well as the load time of your internet presence.

For a demo visit this blog post. Notice how all the formulas are just there. There is no loading and the website does not even serve the javascript part of KaTeX.

Installation

First of all, you need to install nodejs so that pelican-katex can run KaTeX. Then run pip install pelican-katex and add "pelican_katex" to the PlUGINS setting in your configuration file. Finally, remove the katex.js <script> tag from your template and enjoy a lighter website and instant formulas.

Configuration

The plugin offers several configuration options that you can set in your pelicanconf.py.

# nodejs binary path or command to run KaTeX with.
# KATEX_NODEJS_BINARY = "node"

# Path to the katex file to use. This project comes with version `0.10` of
# katex but if you want to use a different one you can overwrite the path
# here. To use a katex npm installation, set this to `"katex"`.
# KATEX_PATH = "/path/to/katex.js"

# By default, this plugin will redefine reStructuredText's `math` role and
# directive. However, if you prefer to have leave the docutil's defaults
# alone, you can use this to define a `katex` role for example.
# KATEX_DIRECTIVE = "katex"

# Time budget in seconds per call to the rendering engine. 1 second should
# be plenty since most renderings take less than 50ms.
# KATEX_TIMEOUT = 1.0

# Here you can pass a dictionary of default options that you want to run
# KaTeX with. All possible options are listed on KaTeX's options page,
# https://katex.org/docs/options.html.
# KATEX = {
#     # Abort the build instead of coloring broken math in red
#     "throwOnError": True
# }