nbconvert --to latex: error when converting greek letter

[untom]

Hi there!

I have a notebook that contains the letter "α" in a "Heading 1" cell:

When running nbconvert ( ipython nbconvert myfile.ipynb --to latex --post PDF ), I get the following error:

! Undefined control sequence.
\u-default-945 #1->\textalpha 

l.355 \part{Full Method, α = 0.05}

? 
! Emergency stop.
\u-default-945 #1->\textalpha 

l.355 \part{Full Method, α = 0.05}

!  ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!

(I'm using IPython 1.1.0)

[jakobgager]

This looks like the same issue as #4244.
For now, you can manually include

    \usepackage[mathletters]{ucs}

to the latex preamble. This will take care of the unicode α.
@jdfreder: maybe we should add this to the new templates?

[jakobgager]

Oh, I just discovered, that the ucs package is already included! 😜
So it is enough to add the mathletters option.

[jdfreder]

maybe we should add this to the new templates?

Sorry, I didn't see this until today. The new tex stuff is merged, do you want to open a PR or do you want me to?

[jakobgager]

PR is #4269. It is fine to practice git and github usage 😏