[Texmacs-dev] Update: Modifications to Texmacs Python Plugin To Accommodate SymPy LaTeX Output

[David E. Miller]

All:

Attached is a TeXmacs file that documents the latest efforts of the 
required modifications to the existing Python plugin required to adapt 
this plugin to a dedicated SymPy plugin. Also attached is the existing 
Python plugin file tm_python which I have modified to accommodate SymPy 
LaTeX output to TeXmacs.

It might also be possible to  use what I have done so far and merely 
modify the existing Python plugin to accommodate SymPy LaTeX output 
which is what I have accomplished here while preserving as much of the 
original Python plugin code as possible.

TeXmacs user Bill Eaton first brought the attention of users to this 
issue and several replies seemed to favor some accommodation for his 
goal. Personally I am not sure I will ever use this feature if it is 
brought to fruition, but the challenge sort of got under my skin, so I 
gave it a go and the results of what I was able to accomplish so far are 
attached. There are probably some sharp Pythonists out there that can 
see this through from here. Sorry, but I am not in that category, as my 
Python programming skills are not that sharp.

My input to those that follow is that the best solution is to modify the 
existing Python plugin instead of creating a new one dedicated to SymPy. 
If someone can figure out from what I have done how to distinguish SymPy 
LaTeX text string objects and plain old Python text string objects when 
the output to TeXmacs is composed, then I think this is all that stands 
in the way. This is clear if you read the attached TeXmacs file with the 
included Python/SymPy session. The output is consistent with what we 
expect when using TeXmacs.

David Miller

sympytest-1.tm
Description: Text document

tm_python
Description: Text document