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* @license
* Copyright 2025 Google LLC
* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
*/
/**
* Converts common LaTeX-style syntax in model output into terminal-friendly
* Unicode (and lightweight markdown where appropriate).
*
* Terminals cannot natively render LaTeX, but model responses — especially for
* math, CS, and algorithms — frequently include constructs like `$\{P_0,
* \dots, P_n\}$` or `$\to$`. Left as-is, the raw backslash commands show up
* verbatim and make the output look broken.
*
* This function is a conservative, lossy post-processor that handles the
* common cases and leaves anything it does not recognise untouched, so that
* legitimate backslash content (e.g. Windows paths, regex examples) is not
* mangled.
*
* See issue #25656.
*/
// Greek letters, lower and upper case, plus the common "var" variants.
const GREEK_LETTERS: Readonly<Record<string, string>> = Object.freeze({
alpha: 'α',
beta: 'β',
gamma: 'γ',
delta: 'δ',
epsilon: 'ε',
zeta: 'ζ',
eta: 'η',
theta: 'θ',
iota: 'ι',
kappa: 'κ',
lambda: 'λ',
mu: 'μ',
nu: 'ν',
xi: 'ξ',
omicron: 'ο',
pi: 'π',
rho: 'ρ',
sigma: 'σ',
tau: 'τ',
upsilon: 'υ',
phi: 'φ',
chi: 'χ',
psi: 'ψ',
omega: 'ω',
Alpha: 'Α',
Beta: 'Β',
Gamma: 'Γ',
Delta: 'Δ',
Epsilon: 'Ε',
Zeta: 'Ζ',
Eta: 'Η',
Theta: 'Θ',
Iota: 'Ι',
Kappa: 'Κ',
Lambda: 'Λ',
Mu: 'Μ',
Nu: 'Ν',
Xi: 'Ξ',
Omicron: 'Ο',
Pi: 'Π',
Rho: 'Ρ',
Sigma: 'Σ',
Tau: 'Τ',
Upsilon: 'Υ',
Phi: 'Φ',
Chi: 'Χ',
Psi: 'Ψ',
Omega: 'Ω',
varepsilon: 'ε',
vartheta: 'ϑ',
varphi: 'φ',
varrho: 'ϱ',
varsigma: 'ς',
varpi: 'ϖ',
});
// Named LaTeX commands → Unicode. Covers arrows, relations, set theory,
// logic, large operators, and a handful of common decorations. Anything not
// listed here is deliberately left untouched.
const LATEX_COMMANDS: Readonly<Record<string, string>> = Object.freeze({
// Arrows
to: '→',
rightarrow: '→',
Rightarrow: '⇒',
leftarrow: '←',
Leftarrow: '⇐',
leftrightarrow: '↔',
Leftrightarrow: '⇔',
mapsto: '↦',
longrightarrow: '⟶',
longleftarrow: '⟵',
longleftrightarrow: '⟷',
uparrow: '↑',
downarrow: '↓',
Uparrow: '⇑',
Downarrow: '⇓',
hookrightarrow: '↪',
hookleftarrow: '↩',
// Ellipses
dots: '…',
ldots: '…',
cdots: '⋯',
vdots: '⋮',
ddots: '⋱',
// Arithmetic / comparison
times: '×',
cdot: '·',
div: '÷',
pm: '±',
mp: '∓',
ast: '∗',
leq: '≤',
le: '≤',
geq: '≥',
ge: '≥',
neq: '≠',
ne: '≠',
ll: '≪',
gg: '≫',
approx: '≈',
equiv: '≡',
sim: '∼',
simeq: '≃',
cong: '≅',
propto: '∝',
// Set theory
in: '∈',
notin: '∉',
ni: '∋',
subset: '⊂',
supset: '⊃',
subseteq: '⊆',
supseteq: '⊇',
cup: '∪',
cap: '∩',
setminus: '∖',
emptyset: '∅',
varnothing: '∅',
// Logic
forall: '∀',
exists: '∃',
nexists: '∄',
neg: '¬',
lnot: '¬',
land: '∧',
wedge: '∧',
lor: '∨',
vee: '∨',
oplus: '⊕',
otimes: '⊗',
implies: '⟹',
iff: '⟺',
// Large operators
sum: '∑',
prod: '∏',
coprod: '∐',
int: '∫',
iint: '∬',
iiint: '∭',
oint: '∮',
// Calculus
partial: '∂',
nabla: '∇',
infty: '∞',
// Misc letters / constants
ell: 'ℓ',
hbar: 'ℏ',
Re: 'ℜ',
Im: 'ℑ',
aleph: 'ℵ',
beth: 'ℶ',
// Brackets / delimiters
lbrace: '{',
rbrace: '}',
lbrack: '[',
rbrack: ']',
langle: '⟨',
rangle: '⟩',
lceil: '⌈',
rceil: '⌉',
lfloor: '⌊',
rfloor: '⌋',
// Geometry / misc
perp: '⊥',
parallel: '∥',
angle: '∠',
triangle: '△',
square: '□',
circ: '∘',
bullet: '•',
star: '⋆',
prime: '′',
dag: '†',
ddag: '‡',
therefore: '∴',
because: '∵',
top: '⊤',
bot: '⊥',
// Operator names (`\log`, `\sin`, …) render in LaTeX as upright text. In a
// terminal the closest equivalent is the lowercase word itself.
log: 'log',
ln: 'ln',
lg: 'lg',
exp: 'exp',
sin: 'sin',
cos: 'cos',
tan: 'tan',
cot: 'cot',
sec: 'sec',
csc: 'csc',
arcsin: 'arcsin',
arccos: 'arccos',
arctan: 'arctan',
sinh: 'sinh',
cosh: 'cosh',
tanh: 'tanh',
max: 'max',
min: 'min',
sup: 'sup',
inf: 'inf',
lim: 'lim',
limsup: 'lim sup',
liminf: 'lim inf',
arg: 'arg',
det: 'det',
dim: 'dim',
ker: 'ker',
gcd: 'gcd',
deg: 'deg',
hom: 'hom',
mod: 'mod',
bmod: 'mod',
pmod: 'mod',
// Whitespace commands — render as visible space so layout is roughly right.
quad: ' ',
qquad: ' ',
// These are all "thin-space" style commands in LaTeX; render as a single
// space so the surrounding tokens don't jam together.
',': ' ',
';': ' ',
':': ' ',
'!': '',
});
// Unicode subscript mappings (digits, operators, and the common letters that
// have full-height subscript glyphs in Unicode).
const SUBSCRIPT_MAP: Readonly<Record<string, string>> = Object.freeze({
'0': '₀',
'1': '₁',
'2': '₂',
'3': '₃',
'4': '₄',
'5': '₅',
'6': '₆',
'7': '₇',
'8': '₈',
'9': '₉',
'+': '₊',
'-': '₋',
'=': '₌',
'(': '₍',
')': '₎',
a: 'ₐ',
e: 'ₑ',
h: 'ₕ',
i: 'ᵢ',
j: 'ⱼ',
k: 'ₖ',
l: 'ₗ',
m: 'ₘ',
n: 'ₙ',
o: 'ₒ',
p: 'ₚ',
r: 'ᵣ',
s: 'ₛ',
t: 'ₜ',
u: 'ᵤ',
v: 'ᵥ',
x: 'ₓ',
});
// Unicode superscript mappings. A superset of subscripts — most letters have
// superscript glyphs.
const SUPERSCRIPT_MAP: Readonly<Record<string, string>> = Object.freeze({
'0': '⁰',
'1': '¹',
'2': '²',
'3': '³',
'4': '⁴',
'5': '⁵',
'6': '⁶',
'7': '⁷',
'8': '⁸',
'9': '⁹',
'+': '⁺',
'-': '⁻',
'=': '⁼',
'(': '⁽',
')': '⁾',
a: 'ᵃ',
b: 'ᵇ',
c: 'ᶜ',
d: 'ᵈ',
e: 'ᵉ',
f: 'ᶠ',
g: 'ᵍ',
h: 'ʰ',
i: 'ⁱ',
j: 'ʲ',
k: 'ᵏ',
l: 'ˡ',
m: 'ᵐ',
n: 'ⁿ',
o: 'ᵒ',
p: 'ᵖ',
r: 'ʳ',
s: 'ˢ',
t: 'ᵗ',
u: 'ᵘ',
v: 'ᵛ',
w: 'ʷ',
x: 'ˣ',
y: 'ʸ',
z: 'ᶻ',
});
/**
* Strips `$...$` and `$$...$$` math delimiters when the inner content looks
* like math, applying the full set of math-mode conversions (including
* sub/superscripts) to the inner text. The goal is to handle model output
* without eating dollar signs that appear in ordinary prose (prices,
* shell examples, etc.).
*
* A pair of `$...$` is treated as math when the inner text either:
* - contains a LaTeX marker (`\command`, `_`, `^`), or
* - is a single letter, possibly with whitespace padding (e.g. `$x$`,
* `$ n $`). Shell-style variables like `$USER` are LEFT intact because
* multi-letter all-caps sequences look much more like shell vars than
* math in practice.
*
* A currency expression like `$5.99` (single `$`) never matches the pair
* regex. `From $5 to $10` matches `$5 to $` as a pair but the inner text is
* neither mathy nor a single variable, so it is left intact.
*/
function stripMathDelimiters(text: string): string {
// Display math first, greedy-safe with non-dollar inner class.
let out = text.replace(/\$\$([^$]+)\$\$/g, (_, inner: string) =>
applyMathModeConversions(inner),
);
// Inline math: lazy, single-line to avoid eating across paragraphs.
out = out.replace(/\$([^$\n]+?)\$/g, (match, inner: string) => {
const hasLatexMarkers = /\\[A-Za-z]|[\\_^]/.test(inner);
const isSingleVariable = /^\s*[A-Za-z]\s*$/.test(inner);
if (hasLatexMarkers || isSingleVariable) {
return applyMathModeConversions(inner);
}
return match;
});
return out;
}
/**
* Converts `\textbf{..}`, `\textit{..}`, `\emph{..}`, `\text{..}`,
* `\mathrm{..}`, `\mathbf{..}`, `\mathit{..}`, `\mathsf{..}`, `\mathtt{..}`,
* and `\operatorname{..}` into markdown-equivalent wrappers or plain text so
* the regular inline parser picks them up downstream.
*
* Only handles a single level of nesting (no inner braces) — this keeps the
* regex bounded and avoids catastrophic backtracking on adversarial input.
*/
function convertTextFormatting(text: string): string {
let out = text;
out = out.replace(
/\\(?:textbf|mathbf)\{([^{}]*)\}/g,
(_, inner: string) => `**${inner}**`,
);
out = out.replace(
/\\(?:textit|emph|mathit)\{([^{}]*)\}/g,
(_, inner: string) => `*${inner}*`,
);
out = out.replace(
/\\(?:text|mathrm|mathsf|mathtt|mathbb|mathcal|mathfrak|operatorname)\{([^{}]*)\}/g,
(_, inner: string) => inner,
);
return out;
}
/**
* Handles `\frac{a}{b}` → `(a)/(b)` and `\sqrt{x}` → `√(x)`.
* Only a single level of braces is supported.
*/
function convertFractionsAndRoots(text: string): string {
let out = text;
out = out.replace(
/\\frac\{([^{}]*)\}\{([^{}]*)\}/g,
(_, num: string, den: string) => `(${num})/(${den})`,
);
out = out.replace(
/\\sqrt\[([^\]]*)\]\{([^{}]*)\}/g,
(_, index: string, radicand: string) => `${index}√(${radicand})`,
);
out = out.replace(
/\\sqrt\{([^{}]*)\}/g,
(_, radicand: string) => `√(${radicand})`,
);
return out;
}
/**
* Converts escaped single-character specials (`\{` → `{`, `\_` → `_`, etc.).
* Runs before command lookup so `\{` is not misread as a command named `{`.
*/
function convertEscapedSpecials(text: string): string {
// The set is intentionally narrow: only characters that have meaning in
// LaTeX and also appear unescaped in plain text. We do not unescape `\\`
// (line break) here — it is handled separately.
let out = text.replace(/\\([{}[\]_%&#$|])/g, (_, ch: string) => ch);
// `\ ` (backslash + space) is LaTeX for a non-breaking space; just keep it
// as a regular space so words do not collide.
out = out.replace(/\\ /g, ' ');
return out;
}
/**
* Converts named commands (alphabetic control sequences) to Unicode. Anything
* not in the tables is left as-is so unrelated backslash content
* (e.g. Windows paths) is not disturbed.
*/
function convertNamedCommands(text: string): string {
return text.replace(
/\\([A-Za-z]+)(?![A-Za-z])/g,
(match, name: string) =>
GREEK_LETTERS[name] ?? LATEX_COMMANDS[name] ?? match,
);
}
/**
* Converts the short-form punctuation commands `\,`, `\;`, `\:`, `\!` used
* for spacing in LaTeX. These are handled separately from alphabetic commands
* because the regex for the latter only matches letters.
*/
function convertPunctuationCommands(text: string): string {
// `\,`, `\;`, `\:` all render as a single space; `\!` is a negative space
// and is stripped.
return text.replace(/\\([,;:!])/g, (_, ch: string) => {
switch (ch) {
case ',':
case ';':
case ':':
return ' ';
case '!':
return '';
default:
return ch;
}
});
}
/**
* Converts the `\\` line-break command (used inside math environments and
* tables) to a literal newline. Must run after `\` specials but before any
* other regex that might see a lingering backslash.
*/
function convertLineBreaks(text: string): string {
return text.replace(/\\\\/g, '\n');
}
/**
* Converts subscripts and superscripts to Unicode where every character in
* the operand maps. If any character has no mapping the whole operand is
* left alone, to avoid "half-converted" output that looks worse than no
* conversion.
*/
function convertSubSuperScripts(text: string): string {
// Braced form first: x_{...}, x^{...}. We only support BMP characters (the
// mapping tables are ASCII-only), so iterating with `Array.from` over code
// units is safe and keeps the lint rule against splitting strings happy.
const charsOf = (s: string): string[] => Array.from(s);
let out = text.replace(/_\{([^{}]+)\}/g, (match, inner: string) => {
const chars = charsOf(inner);
if (chars.every((c) => SUBSCRIPT_MAP[c] !== undefined)) {
return chars.map((c) => SUBSCRIPT_MAP[c]).join('');
}
return match;
});
out = out.replace(/\^\{([^{}]+)\}/g, (match, inner: string) => {
const chars = charsOf(inner);
if (chars.every((c) => SUPERSCRIPT_MAP[c] !== undefined)) {
return chars.map((c) => SUPERSCRIPT_MAP[c]).join('');
}
return match;
});
// Single-character form: x_0, x^2. Only convert when the character actually
// has a mapping — leaves `file_name` and `foo^bar` alone.
out = out.replace(
/([A-Za-z0-9)\]])_([A-Za-z0-9+\-=()])/g,
(match, base: string, c: string) => {
const sub = SUBSCRIPT_MAP[c];
return sub ? `${base}${sub}` : match;
},
);
out = out.replace(
/([A-Za-z0-9)\]])\^([A-Za-z0-9+\-=()])/g,
(match, base: string, c: string) => {
const sup = SUPERSCRIPT_MAP[c];
return sup ? `${base}${sup}` : match;
},
);
return out;
}
/**
* Applies the full set of conversions that make sense inside a LaTeX math
* region (i.e. text that was originally wrapped in `$...$`). This includes
* sub/superscripts, which are NOT safe to apply to arbitrary prose because
* they would mangle identifiers like `file_name`.
*/
function applyMathModeConversions(text: string): string {
let out = text;
out = convertTextFormatting(out);
out = convertFractionsAndRoots(out);
out = convertEscapedSpecials(out);
out = convertLineBreaks(out);
out = convertNamedCommands(out);
out = convertPunctuationCommands(out);
out = convertSubSuperScripts(out);
return out;
}
/**
* Applies conversions that are safe to run on arbitrary prose — anything
* keyed off explicit LaTeX tokens like `\alpha`, `\textbf{...}`, `\to`. Does
* NOT touch standalone `_` or `^` so identifiers and snake_case names are
* preserved.
*/
function applyProseConversions(text: string): string {
let out = text;
out = convertTextFormatting(out);
out = convertFractionsAndRoots(out);
out = convertEscapedSpecials(out);
// Deliberately NOT running convertLineBreaks here: outside math delimiters
// `\\` is far more likely to be a Windows UNC path (`\\server\share`) or an
// escaped backslash in code-like prose than a LaTeX line break. Legitimate
// LaTeX line breaks belong inside `$...$` or `$$...$$` and are handled by
// applyMathModeConversions. See PR #25802 review.
out = convertNamedCommands(out);
out = convertPunctuationCommands(out);
return out;
}
/**
* Top-level entry point. Two-phase conversion:
*
* 1. Strip `$...$` / `$$...$$` math regions, applying math-mode conversions
* (including sub/superscripts) to the inner text. The heuristic for
* "this dollar pair is math" runs against the ORIGINAL input so that
* model-authored LaTeX is recognised before any tokens are rewritten.
*
* 2. Run prose-safe conversions over the remaining text, catching
* unwrapped LaTeX tokens (`\alpha`, `\to`, `\textbf{...}`) that the
* model emitted outside math delimiters.
*
* Short-circuits on input that has no LaTeX markers at all (`\` or `$`) so
* the hot rendering path stays cheap for ordinary prose.
*/
export function convertLatexToUnicode(input: string): string {
if (!input) return input;
// Fast path: if there's no backslash and no dollar sign, there's nothing to
// convert. This keeps the hot rendering path inexpensive for ordinary text.
if (input.indexOf('\\') === -1 && input.indexOf('$') === -1) {
return input;
}
let text = input;
text = stripMathDelimiters(text);
text = applyProseConversions(text);
return text;
}
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