TexTemplateFromFile

Qualified name: manim.utils.tex.TexTemplateFromFile

class TexTemplateFromFile(**kwargs)

Bases: manim.utils.tex.TexTemplate

A TexTemplate object created from a template file (default: tex_template.tex)

Parameters

• tex_compiler (Optional[str], optional) – The TeX compiler to be used, e.g. latex, pdflatex or lualatex

• output_format (Optional[str], optional) – The output format resulting from compilation, e.g. .dvi or .pdf

• documentclass (Optional[str], optional) – The command defining the documentclass, e.g. \documentclass[preview]{standalone}

• preamble (Optional[str], optional) – The document’s preamble, i.e. the part between \documentclass and \begin{document}

• placeholder_text (Optional[str], optional) – Text in the document that will be replaced by the expression to be rendered

• post_doc_commands (Optional[str], optional) – Text (definitions, commands) to be inserted at right after \begin{document}, e.g. \boldmath

• kwargs (str) – The kwargs specified can only be strings.

• tex_filename (Optional[str], optional) – Path to a valid TeX template file

template_file

Path to a valid TeX template file

Type

str

body

Content of the TeX template file

Type

str

tex_compiler

The TeX compiler to be used, e.g. latex, pdflatex or lualatex

Type

str

output_format

The output format resulting from compilation, e.g. .dvi or .pdf

Type

str

Methods

add_to_document	Adds txt to the TeX template just after begin{document}, e.g.
add_to_preamble	Adds stuff to the TeX template’s preamble (e.g.
file_not_mutable

Attributes

default_documentclass
default_output_format
default_placeholder_text
default_post_doc_commands
default_preamble
default_tex_compiler

add_to_document(txt)

Adds txt to the TeX template just after begin{document}, e.g. \boldmath

Parameters

txt (str) – String containing the text to be added.

add_to_preamble(txt, prepend=False)

Adds stuff to the TeX template’s preamble (e.g. definitions, packages). Text can be inserted at the beginning or at the end of the preamble.

Parameters

• txt (string) – String containing the text to be added, e.g. \usepackage{hyperref}

• prepend (Optional[bool], optional) – Whether the text should be added at the beginning of the preamble, i.e. right after \documentclass. Default is to add it at the end of the preamble, i.e. right before \begin{document}