LaTeX-to-Python

Glossary

Python	LaTeX.py equivalent
import <module>	\usepackage{<module>}
import <module> as <name>	\usepackage[<name>]{<module>}
print(<value>)	\textup(<value>)
<variable_name> = <value>	\newcommand{<variable_name>}{<value> }
<variable_name> += <value>	\addtocounter{<variable_name>}{<value>}
for (<variable><operator><value>):	\begin{for}
	\newcommand{<variable>}[<operator>]{<value>}
	\end{for}
while (<variable><operator><value>):	\begin{while}
	\newcommand{<variable>}[<operator>]{<value>}
	\end{while}
class <name>:	\documentclass{<name>}
class <name>(<parent>):	\documentclass[<parent>]{<name>}
def <name>(<parameters>):	\section[<parameters>]{<name>}

Methods

Instantiating the translator

l = LaTeX(<filename>)

Parameters

• filename: Name of the .tex file to be translated

Parsing

l.parse_file()

Executing the parsed file

l.execute()

Saving .py file

l.save(filename=<filename>)

Parameters

• filename: Optional. Name of the .py file to save the exec_string to. If not provided, the latter is saved to a file with the same name as the original .tex file, but different extension.