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In my project, i am converting .docx file (containing OMML) into XML & now i am trying to convert this XML file into LaTex document format. Is it possible to convert XML file into LaTex file using java ?

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  • hmmm I found Latex to be hard to write by itself, now converting from xml to latex, good luck with that. :)). joke aside, from my knowledge there is no library to do it automatically, you need to build your own library. – nafas Mar 31 '15 at 15:03
  • Thanks nafas, any guidelines are most welcome ? – FullStack Mar 31 '15 at 15:05
  • What does your XML schema look like? Is it DocBook? – Puce Mar 31 '15 at 15:08
  • Hello Puce,thanks for concern, my XML is a normal XML document containing simple text & mathematical formula. – FullStack Mar 31 '15 at 15:14
  • @MaximusDecimusMeridius could you show an example what sort of mathematical formulas are they?, for example is "alpha" written as "alpha" or "α"? – nafas Mar 31 '15 at 15:21
  • @nafas you picked right, alpha is written as α in my xml document, same is the case with other symbols,they are mentioned as is. – FullStack Mar 31 '15 at 15:26
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    There is no such thing like “a normal XML document”. In fact, your original `.docx` file was a container already holding XML files. But well, the answer to your question is *yes*. – Holger Mar 31 '15 at 17:07
  • I'd strongly suggest using [John McFarlane's excellent pandoc application](https://github.com/jgm/pandoc) for this instead of reinventing the wheel. It would allow direct DocX->LaTeX conversion by a simple call of an external program. – Markus W Mahlberg Mar 31 '15 at 17:29
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Ok mate, I'm giving you some advice here by no means its a complete solution.

Assuming There is no library already implemented.

If it was me trying to implement a simple XML to LaTeX conversion. I would start with a simple map of all those mathematical characters(or atleast find a good source that has them)

for example something like this:

 α  <--> $\alpha$    //note \alpha is symbol of α in latex but it has to be in math mode
 γ  <---> $\gamma$

then you can replace them all.

for layout indention you could do something using this:

root node <--> no indent
1st child <--> \parindent{10pt}
2st child <--> \parindent{20pt}
and so on

well I'm using Latex for 5 years now, and still struggling. but it would be great if there was such thing (xml to latex) convertor.

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