Add LaTeX support to Rustdoc

[AndrewBrinker]

This has been discussed before (#17390 and #16300), but it's been a while since then, and may be worth discussing.

There are a number of options for implementing LaTeX in the browser. I believe KaTeX remains the most efficient option, and is probably the one we should go with, but if I'm wrong or if people have strong feelings in support of another option we can try something else.

I am happy to make this happen if it's something people want.

[rkruppe]

Is there a common markdown extension syntax for Latex expressions? Hopefully we won't stay on hoedown forever (cf. #33771) and the surface syntax should remain the same when replacing hoedown.

[rkruppe]

Is there a common markdown extension syntax for Latex expressions? Hopefully we won't stay on hoedown forever (cf. #33771) and the surface syntax should remain the same when replacing hoedown.

[ghost]

@AndrewBrinker Curious why you closed this?

Speaking broadly, if Rust wants to be a major systems language, supporting linear algebra/signal processing applications is on the table. It already does that pretty well as a language construct, but it's exceedingly incongruous in this day and age that the docs don't.

Speaking specifically, I want to document this digital filter library I just made properly.

So I think there's a real use case here 😉

[ghost]

@AndrewBrinker Curious why you closed this?

Speaking broadly, if Rust wants to be a major systems language, supporting linear algebra/signal processing applications is on the table. It already does that pretty well as a language construct, but it's exceedingly incongruous in this day and age that the docs don't.

Speaking specifically, I want to document this digital filter library I just made properly.

So I think there's a real use case here 😉

[AndrewBrinker]

Oh, I didn't mean to close this!

[AndrewBrinker]

Oh, I didn't mean to close this!

[masonium]

Just to put in 👍 on addressing this issue.

I'm currently working on a linear algebra library, and documentation without LaTeX is pretty painful.

I would definitely be willing to take this on in rustdoc, though this would be my first foray into the rust codebase itself.

[masonium]

Just to put in 👍 on addressing this issue.

I'm currently working on a linear algebra library, and documentation without LaTeX is pretty painful.

I would definitely be willing to take this on in rustdoc, though this would be my first foray into the rust codebase itself.

[Mark-Simulacrum]

I am going to close this. This is a fairly large feature request, and in my opinion needs an RFC or at least some discussion on internals.rust-lang.org. Please open a thread there if you're actively interested!

[Mark-Simulacrum]

I am going to close this. This is a fairly large feature request, and in my opinion needs an RFC or at least some discussion on internals.rust-lang.org. Please open a thread there if you're actively interested!