The default is to render TeX math as far as possible using Unicode
characters. Formulas are put inside a span with
class="math", so that they may be styled differently from
the surrounding text if needed. However, this gives acceptable results
only for basic math, usually you will want to use --mathjax
or another of the following options.
--mathjax[=URL]Use MathJax to display embedded
TeX math in HTML output. TeX math will be put between
\(...\) (for inline math) or \[...\] (for
display math) and wrapped in <span> tags with class
math. Then the MathJax JavaScript will render it. The
URL should point to the MathJax.js load script. If
a URL is not provided, a link to the Cloudflare CDN will be
inserted.
--mathmlConvert TeX math to MathML (in
epub3, docbook4, docbook5,
jats, html4 and html5). This is
the default in odt output. Note that currently only Firefox
and Safari (and select e-book readers) natively support MathML.
--webtex[=URL]Convert TeX formulas to <img> tags that link to an
external script that converts formulas to images. The formula will be
URL-encoded and concatenated with the URL provided. For SVG images you
can for example use
--webtex https://latex.codecogs.com/svg.latex?. If no URL
is specified, the CodeCogs URL generating PNGs will be used
(https://latex.codecogs.com/png.latex?). Note: the
--webtex option will affect Markdown output as well as
HTML, which is useful if you’re targeting a version of Markdown without
native math support.
--katex[=URL]Use KaTeX to display
embedded TeX math in HTML output. The URL is the base URL for
the KaTeX library. That directory should contain a
katex.min.js and a katex.min.css file. If a
URL is not provided, a link to the KaTeX CDN will be
inserted.
--gladtexEnclose TeX math in <eq> tags in HTML output. The
resulting HTML can then be processed by GladTeX to produce SVG
images of the typeset formulas and an HTML file with these images
embedded.
pandoc -s --gladtex input.md -o myfile.htex
gladtex -d image_dir myfile.htex
# produces myfile.html and images in image_dir