This plugin adds functionality to mdbook for scientific application. It allows the writer to generate named LaTeX, named Gnuplots and supports bibtex files. Further cross-referencing in text to equation, figures or literature is possible. A sample output can be seen here.
Compile this crate and add the mdbook-scientific to your search path. Also bib2xhtml is required if you want to generate a bibliography. Then add the following to your book.toml:
[preprocessor.scientific]
renderer = ["html"]
bibliography = "literature.bib"
bib2xhtml = "/home/lorenz/Documents/tmp/bib2xhtml/"
assets = "src/"
[output.html]
additional-css = ["src/scientific.css"]
For latex rendering latex and dvisvgm are required. For gnuplot rendering the gnuplot binary.
For block equation rendering use the following syntax
$$equation, <name>
...
$$
the equation identifier is only needed if you want to name the equation block. You can cross-reference it then with $ref:equ:<name>$ in the whole mdbook.
The same syntax is working with latex and gnuplot figures, both are requiring a subtitle for the plot. Further a gnuplotonly figure only uses Gnuplot to render the file to SVG.
Example for gnuplot rendering
$$gnuplot, <name>, <subtitle>
...
$$
and then cross-reference with $ref:fig:<name>$.
If block is empty, then the preprocessor looks into the assets path specified in the configuration. So for a block $$latex, legendrepoly, Legendre Polynomials$$ it looks for the file src/legendrepoly.tex.
The BibTeX file referenced in the configuration file is added as a additional chapter and citations can be generated with $ref:bib:<name>$.
Nope, it's still in its infancy. Please don't use it yet.