[Docutils-users] power in reStructuredText

[mansour amini]

hihow can i show power function in reStructedText (for exapmle instead of 2 * 2 = 4 write 2^2 =4)? i don't want to use ^, i want show like mathematics expression
 

[Guenter Milde]

Post by mansour amini
hihow can i show power function in reStructedText (for exapmle instead
of 2 * 2 = 4 write 2^2 =4)? i don't want to use ^, i want show like
mathematics expression

Then you can use a mehtematical expression in a "math" role or directive.
The input syntax is "LaTeX math", the output is properly typeset (if the
aoutput format supports math (html and latex do, see the reStructuredText
documentation for details).)

Aternatively, you can use superscript Unicode characters or the "sup" role
for the exponent.

Günter

[David Goodger]

Post by Guenter Milde

Post by mansour amini
hihow can i show power function in reStructedText (for exapmle instead
of 2 * 2 = 4 write 2^2 =4)? i don't want to use ^, i want show like
mathematics expression

Then you can use a mehtematical expression in a "math" role or directive.
The input syntax is "LaTeX math", the output is properly typeset (if the
aoutput format supports math (html and latex do, see the reStructuredText
documentation for details).)
Aternatively, you can use superscript Unicode characters or the "sup" role
for the exponent.

For simple expressions (x² etc), I like to use Unicode superscript
characters: ¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹⁰. There are also subscript characters:
₁₂₃₄₅₆₇₈₉₀. And lots of others besides.

To type these, I enable the Compose Key on my systems. Native support
on Linux, WinCompose on Windows.

[Ben Finney]

Post by mansour amini
i don't want to use ^, i want show like mathematics expression

It is worth observing that reStructuredText is a markup format designed
for widespread use, rendering to many different output formats.

Not all the output formats Docutils targets are capable of rendering
complex mathematical expressions.

With that said, the “math” interpreted text role and directive
<URL:http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/roles.html#math>
<URL:http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/directives.html#math>
are available in Docutils version 0.8 and later::

The input format is LaTeX math syntax[1] with support for Unicode
symbols […]

Support is limited to a subset of LaTeX math by the conversion
required for many output formats.

I hope that helps.