RTL Math Text

RTL Math Text is a plugin for Obsidian that adds basic support for mixing right-to-left (RTL) and left-to-right (LTR) text in MathJax expressions through the use of custom LaTeX commands.

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Features

• Add strictly right-to-left (RTL) text (e.g. Hebrew) inside math expressions using \R{\text{...}}
• Nest strictly left-to-right (LTR) text (e.g. English) inside RTL using \L{...}
• Nest math (e.g. numbers) inside RTL/LTR using $...$ in display mode or using \(...\)
• Configure the names of the \R{...} and \L{...} commands in the settings

⚠ Note: The plugin does not add support for languages with combining letters (e.g. Arabic). This is expected to be resolved with the upcoming release of MathJax 4.0 (see mathjax/MathJax#3041).

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Examples

Getting started

$\R{\text{שלום, עולם!}}$

Nesting LTR and math inside RTL

$$
\underbrace{a_1 \| a_2 \| \cdots \| a_n}_{
\R{\text{
שרשור
(\L{concatenation})
האותיות ב-$
a$}}}
$$

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Manually installing the plugin

• Download the latest release from the release page
• Unzip & copy the files into your .obsidian/plugins/rtl-math-text folder
• Enable the plugin from Obsidian settings
• Reload Obsidian or reopen your notes

Manually building the plugin

• Clone or download this repo
• Make sure your NodeJS is at least v16 (node --version)
• npm i or yarn to install dependencies
• npm run build for production build (or npm run dev for dev build in watch mode)
• Copy main.js, styles.css, and manifest.json into your .obsidian/plugins/rtl-math-text folder

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License

MIT