Auto-generated Latex reference for Jupyter Books

Scripts to scan a Jupyter Book for all Latex macros used and generate a reference file using the OpenAI API.

Usage

First adjust the folder structure and path and run get_jupyterbook_latex_macros.py to get the macros in the Jupyter Book.

Then run create_latex_reference.py to create the markdown file through OpenAI's API. Make sure you set your OpenAI key to CHATGPT_KEY in your environment or edit the load_api_key()function.

Limitations

Right now it's very basic. After I used it the first time, it turned out the book I made it for didn't as many different Latex commands as I thought. If I need it again in the future I might fix some of these.

• Right now it only detects macros like \alpha or \ge. Would like to capture commands like \begin{align*} as well.
• The folder structure is specific to my Jupyter book. Will need to generalize if used on other projects.
• It only returns markdown or ipynb files.
• Logic for getting the macros using pylatexenc could be improved. Right now relying on a cleaning function afterwards, but that's only feasible because there are only ~50 results in my book.
• Might be nice to have a template markdown file and have GPT generate a JSON or YAML for it instead.
• Relies on GPT for organization so it's inconsistent sometimes but pretty good. Could experiment with temperature and other settings.