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PHP Converting UTF-8 to TeX/LaTeX Formatting?

October 24, 2022 by Magenaut

I have some strings that include encoding that would work with TeX, (For example they look like “Pi/~na Colada” instead of Piña Colada). Is there a simple way to convert this to show properly without creating my own function to convert the characters?

Python: Unable to Render Tex in Matplotlib

August 13, 2022 by Magenaut

I recently upgraded my laptop to Snow Leopard, updated TeX to Version 3.1415926 (TeX Live 2011/MacPorts 2011_5), and installed Python 2.7.3. After all these installs, I ran macport selfupdate and macport upgrade outdated. However, now when I try to use TeX in matplotlib, I receive the following: