LaTeX in Slack chrome extension

What is LaTeX in Slack?

LaTeX in Slack is a chat extension for chrome. also, it is javascript extension. it's a free extension , it has 3,000+ active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 4.00 from 5 rated user, last update is 1453 days ago.

What’s new in version 0.5.1?

                Renders LaTeX math formulas in Slack.
Similar to the Chrome extension math-with-slackb, except this plugin uses
the KaTeX library instead of MathJax for better compatibility with the
latest version of Slack.


Usage instructions:
Mostly works like standard LaTeX.

Default delimiters are as follows (this avoids issues with dollar signs being used for other purposes):

Inline math:
\( .. \)
$$ .. $$

Display math:
\[ .. \]
$$$ .. $$$

Alternatively, in the options of the extension one can also choose to work with the usual LaTeX delimiters:

Inline math:
\( .. \)
$ .. $

Display math:
\[ .. \]
$$ .. $$


Newlines in formulas can be inserted with \newline. Double backslash \\ is ignored.

Blackboard bold letter shorthands:
\R is short for \mathbb{R}
\N is short for \mathbb{N}
\Z is short for \mathbb{Z}


Downloads:
Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/nl/firefox/addon/latex-in-slack/
Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/latex-in-slack/pfcfelfnpbnboelkjedecjipaibpnfja


Troubleshooting:
1.
Slack uses _ for _italics_ and * for *boldface*. This can interfere with your LaTeX formatting if your message
has multiple underscores or asterisks in it.
The developers of Slack are not big on having a consistent way to escape these special characters, but you can try:
a) escaping using two backslashes: $$\bar\chi^{\\*}\\_W$$
A single backslash is interpreted by the LaTeX rendering library as part of a command, but two of them will be ignored.
b) putting spaces around it: $$\bar\chi^ *  _ W$$

2.
Sometimes Slack does something funny to double space "  " making the plugin unable to recognize a piece of LaTeX
that contains it, like $$\R  $$.


Plugin by Sophie Huiberts and Bento Natura (2019-2020).
Option to choose $/$$/$$$ delimiters added by Nicolas Boumal (2020).

Licenced under the MIT licence.


katex.js is taken straight from the KaTeX project, from the url
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/katex.js
as indicated by
https://katex.org/docs/browser.html

auto-render.js is adapted from the KaTeX project:
https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/blob/master/contrib/auto-render/auto-render.js

This plugin is not associated with the KaTeX project
nor with Slack or Slack Technologies, Inc.            

How to install LaTeX in Slack?

You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.

Preview of LaTeX in Slack

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Reviews of latex in slack:

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Geoffrey Zhu October 28th, 2020

Great plugin. One problem is that the recipient will need to install this plugin, too.

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Jessica Sorrell March 10th, 2020

The LaTex in Slack extension is great, and makes it much easier to work with collaborators remotely!

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