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Rendering Markdown with LaTeX in the Terminal

Rendering Markdown with LaTeX in the Terminal

by playnext·Jun 28, 2026·2 points·1 comment
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AI Analysis

●●SolidWizardryBig Brain

Kitty Unicode placeholders make LaTeX images survive TUI redraws during streaming.

Strengths
  • •Unicode placeholder technique for persistent terminal images is genuinely clever.
  • •Background goroutine rendering with caching handles streaming responses elegantly.
  • •Forked mods and glow with working implementations, not just a blog concept.
Weaknesses
  • •Only works in kitty and Ghostty terminals — excludes most users.
  • •Relies on remote CodeCogs API for LaTeX rendering, not truly offline.
Target Audience

Terminal users who chat with LLMs about math or code

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glow · mods · kitty

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