Functions for converting between different representations of mathematical formulas.

Also note that in general writeLaTeX . readLaTeX /= id.

A typical use is to combine together a reader and writer.

import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
import Text.TeXMath (writeMathML, readTeX)

texMathToMathML :: DisplayType -> String -> Either String Element
texMathToMathML dt s = writeMathML dt <$> readTeX s

It is also possible to manipulate the AST using Generics. For example, if you wanted to replace all occurences of the identifier x in your expression, you do could do so with the following script.

import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
import Data.Generics (everywhere, mkT)
import Text.TeXMath (writeMathML, readTeX)
import Text.TeXMath.Types
import Text.XML.Light (Element)

changeIdent :: Exp -> Exp
changeIdent (EIdentifier "x") = EIdentifier "y"
changeIdent e = e

texToMMLWithChangeIdent :: DisplayType -> String -> Either String Element
texToMMLWithChangeIdent dt s =
  writeMathML dt . everywhere (mkT changeIdent) <$> readTeX s