from collections import OrderedDict import logging import re patterns = OrderedDict() patterns['\$'] = '' patterns[r'\\math(?:tt|sf|it)({.+})'] = r'\1' patterns[r'\^({.+}|.)'] = r'\S\1\N' patterns[r'\_({.+}|.)'] = r'\s\1\N' # Remove any left over latex groups as the last step patterns[r'[{}]'] = '' # Greek letters in xmgrace are written by switching to symbol-font: # "\x a\f{}" will print an alpha and switch back to normal font greek = { 'alpha': 'a', 'beta': 'b', 'gamma': 'g', 'delta': 'd', 'epsilon': 'e', 'zeta': 'z', 'eta': 'h', 'theta': 'q', 'iota': 'i', 'kappa': 'k', 'lambda': 'l', 'mu': 'm', 'nu': 'n', 'xi': 'x', 'omicron': 'o', 'pi': 'p', 'rho': 'r', 'sigma': 's', 'tau': 't', 'upsilon': 'u', 'phi': 'f', 'chi': 'c', 'psi': 'y', 'omega': 'w', 'varphi': 'j', 'varepsilon': 'e', 'vartheta': 'J', 'varrho': 'r' } for latex, xmg in greek.items(): patt = r'\\{}'.format(latex) repl = r'\\x {}\\f{{}}'.format(xmg) patterns[patt] = repl do_latex_conversion = True def latex_to_xmgrace(string): logging.debug('Convert to xmgrace: {}'.format(string)) if do_latex_conversion and '$' in string: for patt, repl in patterns.items(): string = re.sub(patt, repl, string) logging.debug('To -> {}'.format(string)) return string