Complete rewrite of TeX template management

example_scenes/custom_template.tex

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+\documentclass[preview]{standalone}
+
+\usepackage[english]{babel}
+\usepackage{amsmath}
+\usepackage{amssymb}
+\usepackage[f]{esvect}
+\usepackage{dsfont}
+\usepackage{setspace}
+\usepackage{tipa}
+\usepackage{relsize}
+\usepackage{textcomp}
+\usepackage{mathrsfs}
+\usepackage{calligra}
+\usepackage{wasysym}
+\usepackage{ragged2e}
+\usepackage{physics}
+\usepackage{xcolor}
+\usepackage{microtype}
+\DisableLigatures{encoding = *, family = * }
+%\usepackage[UTF8]{ctex}
+\linespread{1}
+
+\begin{document}
+
+YourTextHere
+
+\end{document}

example_scenes/customtex.py

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from manim import *
+
+# Test cases:
+# 1. manim customtex.py ExampleFileScene -pl
+#       --> should fail, because \vv is not defined
+#
+# 2. manim customtex.py ExampleFileScene --tex_template custom_template.tex -pl
+#       --> should succeed as custom template includes package esvect (which defines \vv)
+#
+# 3. manim customtex.py ExampleClassScene -pl
+#       --> should succeed as the package esvect is included in template object
+
+class ExampleFileScene(Scene):
+    def construct(self):
+        text=TexMobject(r"\vv{vb}")
+        #text=TextMobject(r"$\vv{vb}$")
+        self.play(Write(text))
+
+class ExampleClassScene(Scene):
+    def construct(self):
+        tpl=TexTemplate()
+        tpl.append_package(["esvect",["f"]])
+        config.register_tex_template(tpl)
+
+        #text=TextMobject(r"$\vv{vb}$")
+        text=TexMobject(r"\vv{vb}")
+        self.play(Write(text))

manim/__init__.py

@@ -68,3 +68,4 @@
 from .utils.sounds import *
 from .utils.space_ops import *
 from .utils.strings import *
+from .utils.tex import *

manim/__main__.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ def main():
     args = config.parse_cli()
     cfg = config.get_configuration(args)
     config.initialize_directories(cfg)
+    config.initialize_tex(cfg)
     extract_scene.main(cfg)
 
 

manim/config.py

@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 import sys
 import types
 
+from .utils.tex import *
 from . import constants
 from . import dirs
 from .logger import logger
 
-__all__ = ["parse_cli", "get_configuration", "initialize_directories"]
+__all__ = ["parse_cli", "get_configuration", "initialize_directories","register_tex_template","initialize_tex"]
 
 
 def parse_cli():
@@ -140,7 +141,12 @@ def parse_cli():
             "--text_dir",
             help="Directory to write text",
         )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--tex_template",
+            help="Specify a custom TeX template file",
+        )
         return parser.parse_args()
+
     except argparse.ArgumentError as err:
         logger.error(str(err))
         sys.exit(2)
@@ -176,6 +182,7 @@ def get_configuration(args):
         "video_dir": args.video_dir,
         "tex_dir": args.tex_dir,
         "text_dir": args.text_dir,
+        "tex_template": args.tex_template,
     }
 
     # Camera configuration
@@ -281,3 +288,39 @@ def initialize_directories(config):
     dirs.VIDEO_DIR = dir_config["video_dir"]
     dirs.TEX_DIR = dir_config["tex_dir"]
     dirs.TEXT_DIR = dir_config["text_dir"]
+
+def register_tex_template(tpl):
+    """Register the given LaTeX template for later use.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    tpl : :class:`~.TexTemplate`
+        The LaTeX template to register.
+    """
+    constants.TEX_TEMPLATE = tpl
+
+def initialize_tex(config):
+    """Safely create a LaTeX template object from a file.
+    If file is not readable, the default template file is used.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    filename : :class:`str`
+        The name of the file with the LaTeX template.
+    """
+    filename=""
+    if config["tex_template"]:
+        filename = os.path.expanduser(config["tex_template"])
+    if filename and not os.access(filename, os.R_OK):
+        # custom template not available, fallback to default
+        logger.warning(
+            f"Custom TeX template {filename} not found or not readable. "
+            "Falling back to the default template."
+        )
+        filename = ""
+    if filename:
+        # still having a filename -> use the file
+        constants.TEX_TEMPLATE = TexTemplateFromFile(filename=filename)
+    else:
+        # use the default template
+        constants.TEX_TEMPLATE = TexTemplate()

manim/constants.py

@@ -20,18 +20,7 @@ class MyText(Text):
 OBLIQUE = 'OBLIQUE'
 BOLD = 'BOLD'
 
-TEX_USE_CTEX = False
-TEX_TEXT_TO_REPLACE = "YourTextHere"
-TEMPLATE_TEX_FILE = os.path.join(
-    os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)),
-    "tex_template.tex" if not TEX_USE_CTEX else "ctex_template.tex"
-)
-with open(TEMPLATE_TEX_FILE, "r") as infile:
-    TEMPLATE_TEXT_FILE_BODY = infile.read()
-    TEMPLATE_TEX_FILE_BODY = TEMPLATE_TEXT_FILE_BODY.replace(
-        TEX_TEXT_TO_REPLACE,
-        "\\begin{align*}\n" + TEX_TEXT_TO_REPLACE + "\n\\end{align*}",
-    )
+TEX_TEMPLATE = None
 
 SCENE_NOT_FOUND_MESSAGE = """
    {} is not in the script

manim/mobject/svg/tex_mobject.py

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 from ...utils.strings import split_string_list_to_isolate_substrings
 from ...utils.tex_file_writing import tex_to_svg_file
 
-
 TEX_MOB_SCALE_FACTOR = 0.05
 
 
@@ -21,10 +20,8 @@ class TexSymbol(VMobjectFromSVGPathstring):
     """
     pass
 
-
 class SingleStringTexMobject(SVGMobject):
     CONFIG = {
-        "template_tex_file_body": TEMPLATE_TEX_FILE_BODY,
         "stroke_width": 0,
         "fill_opacity": 1.0,
         "background_stroke_width": 1,
@@ -33,6 +30,7 @@ class SingleStringTexMobject(SVGMobject):
         "height": None,
         "organize_left_to_right": False,
         "alignment": "",
+        "type": "tex",
     }
 
     def __init__(self, tex_string, **kwargs):
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ def __init__(self, tex_string, **kwargs):
         self.tex_string = tex_string
         file_name = tex_to_svg_file(
             self.get_modified_expression(tex_string),
-            self.template_tex_file_body
+            self.type
         )
         SVGMobject.__init__(self, file_name=file_name, **kwargs)
         if self.height is None:
@@ -247,9 +245,9 @@ def sort_alphabetically(self):
 
 class TextMobject(TexMobject):
     CONFIG = {
-        "template_tex_file_body": TEMPLATE_TEXT_FILE_BODY,
         "alignment": "\\centering",
         "arg_separator": "",
+        "type": "text",
     }
 
 
@@ -258,7 +256,6 @@ class BulletedList(TextMobject):
         "buff": MED_LARGE_BUFF,
         "dot_scale_factor": 2,
         # Have to include because of handle_multiple_args implementation
-        "template_tex_file_body": TEMPLATE_TEXT_FILE_BODY,
         "alignment": "",
     }
 
@@ -325,4 +322,4 @@ def __init__(self, *text_parts, **kwargs):
             else:
                 underline.set_width(self.underline_width)
             self.add(underline)
-            self.underline = underline
+            self.underline = underline