Investigate using true display mode

[szhorvat]

As of version 1.7, MaTeX only supports inline math. It achieves the display style look using \displaystyle.

There are certain commands that only work in display mode, such as \begin{multline} or \begin{split}. Unfortunately cropping tightly and not setting a page width with the standalone package is problematic.

TODO: Investigate if there are any good solutions for allowing true display mode. What compromises will be necessary?

[szhorvat]

The problem with true display mode is that it expects to know the page width, which does not exist when using MaTeX.

\parbox can be used to specify an effective page width.

MaTeX[
 "\\text{\\parbox{5cm}{
 \\[ \\int_0^\\infty x^\\ell e^{-\\alpha x} \\; dx \\]
 }}"
 ]

[veltsov]

For me standalone works fine with display math. You need to use varwidth=true option.
Pdflatex of

\documentclass[10pt,varwidth=true]{standalone}
\begin{document}
$$ \alpha = \left[ \int_0^{2\pi} \sqrt{ b^2 + \sin^2 x} \, dx \right]^{-1} $$
\end{document}

produces attached pdf.
test-sa.pdf

[szhorvat]

Thanks for the note. I should take another look at this again someday. As I recall, there were some issues with cropping, or perhaps with determining the result dimensions so that the result can be sized accurately in Mathematica. I need to check again as I don't remember ...

Currently, if you need true display mode, you can make use of the \parbox workaround shown in the docs (search for parbox on the doc page).