LaTeX in Slack Chrome Extension

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Renders LaTeX math formulas in Slack.

Similar to the chrome extension math-with-slackb, except this plugin uses

the katex library instead of MathJax for better compatibility with the

latest version of Slack.

Usage instructions:

mostly works like standard latex.

Default delimiters are as follows (this avoids issues with dollar signs being used for other purposes):

inline math:

\( .. \)

$$ .. $$

display math:

\[ .. \]

$$$ .. $$$

Alternatively, in the options of the extension one can also choose to work with the usual latex delimiters:

Inline math:

\( .. \)

$ .. $

Display math:

\[ .. \]

$$ .. $$

Newlines in formulas can be inserted with \newline. double backslash \\ is ignored.

blackboard bold letter shorthands:

\R is short for \mathbb{R}

\N is short for \mathbb{N}

\Z is short for \mathbb{Z}

Downloads:

Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/nl/firefox/addon/latex-in-slack/

Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/latex-in-slack/pfcfelfnpbnboelkjedecjipaibpnfja

Troubleshooting:

1.

slack uses _ for _italics_ and * for *boldface*. This can interfere with your latex formatting if your message

has multiple underscores or asterisks in it.

The developers of Slack are not big on having a consistent way to escape these special characters, but you can try:

a) escaping using two backslashes: $$\bar\chi^{\\*}\\_W$$

A single backslash is interpreted by the latex rendering library as part of a command, but two of them will be ignored.

b) putting spaces around it: $$\bar\chi^ * _ W$$

2.

sometimes slack does something funny to double space " " making the plugin unable to recognize a piece of LaTeX

that contains it, like $$\R $$.

Plugin by Sophie Huiberts and Bento Natura (2019-2020).

Option to choose $/$$/$$$ delimiters added by Nicolas Boumal (2020).

Licenced under the MIT licence.

katex.js is taken straight from the KaTeX project, from the url

https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/katex.js

as indicated by

https://katex.org/docs/browser.html

auto-render.js is adapted from the KaTeX project:

https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/blob/master/contrib/auto-render/auto-render.js

This plugin is not associated with the KaTeX project

nor with Slack or slack technologies, Inc.

How to install LaTeX in Slack chrome extension in chrome Browser

You can Follow the below Step By Step procedure to install the LaTeX in Slack Chrome Extension to your Chrome Web browser.

• Step 1: Go to the Chrome webstore https://chrome.google.com/webstore or download the extension LaTeX in Slack Chrome Extension Download from https://pluginsaddonsextensions.com
• Step 2: Now search for the LaTeX in Slack in Chrome Webstore Search and click on the search button.
• Step 3: click on the LaTeX in Slack Chrome Extension Link
• Step 4: in the next page click on the Add to Chrome button to Download and Install the LaTeX in Slack extension for your Chrome Web browser .