Unexpected error while parsing `\boldsymbol`

[fgerick]

julia> generate_tex_elements(L"\boldsymbol{\nabla}")
ERROR: TeXParseError: unexpected error while parsing
at position 12 (string index 12)
\boldsymbol{\nabla}
           ^
Stack before
[1] TeXExpr :expr


Stacktrace:
  [1] texparse(data::String; showdebug::Bool)
    @ MathTeXEngine ~/.julia/packages/MathTeXEngine/na9MW/src/parser/parser.jl:303
  [2] texparse
    @ ~/.julia/packages/MathTeXEngine/na9MW/src/parser/parser.jl:287 [inlined]
  [3] _broadcast_getindex_evalf
    @ ./broadcast.jl:683 [inlined]
  [4] _broadcast_getindex
    @ ./broadcast.jl:656 [inlined]
  [5] _getindex
    @ ./broadcast.jl:679 [inlined]
  [6] _broadcast_getindex
    @ ./broadcast.jl:655 [inlined]
  [7] getindex
    @ ./broadcast.jl:610 [inlined]
  [8] copy
    @ ./broadcast.jl:912 [inlined]
  [9] materialize
    @ ./broadcast.jl:873 [inlined]
 [10] generate_tex_elements(str::LaTeXStrings.LaTeXString, font_family::MathTeXEngine.FontFamily)
    @ MathTeXEngine ~/.julia/packages/MathTeXEngine/na9MW/src/engine/layout.jl:301
 [11] generate_tex_elements(str::LaTeXStrings.LaTeXString)
    @ MathTeXEngine ~/.julia/packages/MathTeXEngine/na9MW/src/engine/layout.jl:295
 [12] top-level scope
    @ REPL[6]:1

caused by: TeXParseError: unsupported command \boldsymbol
at position 12 (string index 12)
\boldsymbol{\nabla}
           ^
Stack before
[1] TeXExpr :expr


Stacktrace:
  [1] _end_command_builder!(stack::DataStructures.Stack{Any}, p::Int64, data::String)
    @ MathTeXEngine ~/.julia/packages/MathTeXEngine/na9MW/src/parser/parser.jl:251
  [2] macro expansion
    @ ~/.julia/packages/MathTeXEngine/na9MW/src/parser/parser.jl:274 [inlined]
  [3] macro expansion
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Automa/5enCH/src/codegen.jl:150 [inlined]
  [4] texparse(data::String; showdebug::Bool)
    @ MathTeXEngine ~/.julia/packages/MathTeXEngine/na9MW/src/parser/parser.jl:301
  [5] texparse
    @ ~/.julia/packages/MathTeXEngine/na9MW/src/parser/parser.jl:287 [inlined]
  [6] _broadcast_getindex_evalf
    @ ./broadcast.jl:683 [inlined]
  [7] _broadcast_getindex
    @ ./broadcast.jl:656 [inlined]
  [8] _getindex
    @ ./broadcast.jl:679 [inlined]
  [9] _broadcast_getindex
    @ ./broadcast.jl:655 [inlined]
 [10] getindex
    @ ./broadcast.jl:610 [inlined]
 [11] copy
    @ ./broadcast.jl:912 [inlined]
 [12] materialize
    @ ./broadcast.jl:873 [inlined]
 [13] generate_tex_elements(str::LaTeXStrings.LaTeXString, font_family::MathTeXEngine.FontFamily)
    @ MathTeXEngine ~/.julia/packages/MathTeXEngine/na9MW/src/engine/layout.jl:301
 [14] generate_tex_elements(str::LaTeXStrings.LaTeXString)
    @ MathTeXEngine ~/.julia/packages/MathTeXEngine/na9MW/src/engine/layout.jl:295
 [15] top-level scope
    @ REPL[6]:1

I'm happy to create a PR, but I don't know where to start.

[Kolaru]

The \boldsymbol command is not currently supported.

It needs to be added to the parser around here (there is a bit of doc in the parser folder to explain what this does, but essentially it should be the same as for \overline)

MathTeXEngine.jl/src/parser/commands_registration.jl

Line 65 in 9708b15

command_to_canonical[raw"\overline"] = TeXExpr(:argument_gatherer, [:overline, 1])

Then, the logic needs to be added to the layout system in the tex_layout function. Here is the corresponding part for the \overline command.

MathTeXEngine.jl/src/engine/layout.jl

Line 149 in 9708b15

elseif head == :overline

For \boldsymbol, we need to look at the font files to understand where and how to grab the correct bold symbol. If we are lucky it's sufficient to just get the same glyph from the bold font.