LaTeX equation/formula rendering in Assistant panel

[Amuwa]

When the output of LLM includes LaTeX equations, it is expected that those equations are displayed properly. Now, Zed just shows the source, like:

Instead, it could be much better if Zed renders equations like:

[atollena]

I just ran into this, it would be amazing to render equations in the assistant panel. Especially since some assistants are pretty good at math and use latex notation heavily.

[someone13574]

I've looked into this before and it would be very painful to implement. The main problem is that there isn't really a good library for Rust which only implements a subset of LaTeX, so you are either bringing in a large dependency like tectonic or you are using bindings for KaTeX (but then you need to write a partial html renderer in gpui, but this is probably stilll better than a full LaTeX implementation).

[Amuwa]

is it possible (maybe easier) to implement a plugin that renders LaTeX equations into png images in background, and then Zed just displays the picture?

[0x2CA]

is it possible (maybe easier) to implement a plugin that renders LaTeX equations into png images in background, and then Zed just displays the picture?

I think it's a way, but the performance speed may not be rational, but it's acceptable, isn't it