[FIXED] How can I use the Package LaTexStrings in Jupyter?

Issue

I am using Jupyter with the Julia Pro Kernel. And I want to just pass from a Julia Script to a Notebook. (I am getting to jupyter via anaconda)

I use the command using LaTeXStrings to charge that package in the jl file. I use that command in order to put \alpha in the code and automatically appears the greek symbol α.

But when I am doing the same in Jupyter I just can't get the α.

I get this error as an output from that code chunk.

syntax: "\" is not a unary operator

Stacktrace:
 [1] top-level scope at In[18]:1
 [2] include_string(::Function, ::Module, ::String, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1091
 [3] execute_code(::String, ::String) at C:\Users\jparedesm\.julia\packages\IJulia\rWZ9e\src\execute_request.jl:27
 [4] execute_request(::ZMQ.Socket, ::IJulia.Msg) at C:\Users\jparedesm\.julia\packages\IJulia\rWZ9e\src\execute_request.jl:86
 [5] #invokelatest#1 at .\essentials.jl:710 [inlined]
 [6] invokelatest at .\essentials.jl:709 [inlined]
 [7] eventloop(::ZMQ.Socket) at C:\Users\jparedesm\.julia\packages\IJulia\rWZ9e\src\eventloop.jl:8
 [8] (::IJulia.var"#15#18")() at .\task.jl:356

Does anyone know how can I get the greek alphabet in Jupyter? It'll be very helpful!

Solution

If I understand you correctly, you just want to use the greek symbol alpha α. For that you don't need the package LaTeXString. You can just type \alpha and hit the TAB key. Then \alpha should automagically change to α.

LaTeXStrings is used to type LaTeX equations in string literals, like in L"1 + \alpha^2"

Answered By - Rene