From cfd1b0a33e4076fb14956634708972c76a6ba3ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arman Bilge <armanbilge@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:49:06 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Render math in RSS with MathML

---
 build.scala | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/build.scala b/build.scala
index d0be8051..109b4293 100644
--- a/build.scala
+++ b/build.scala
@@ -283,9 +283,9 @@ object LaikaCustomizations {
       SpanDirectives.create("math") {
         import SpanDirectives.dsl.*
         rawBody.map { body =>
-          RawContent(
-            NonEmptySet.of("html", "rss"),
-            KaTeX(body, false)
+          SpanSequence(
+            RawContent(NonEmptySet.of("html"), KaTeX(body, false)),
+            RawContent(NonEmptySet.of("rss"), KaTeX(body, false, "mathml"))
           )
         }
       }
@@ -294,10 +294,13 @@ object LaikaCustomizations {
       BlockDirectives.create("math") {
         import BlockDirectives.dsl.*
         rawBody.map { body =>
-          RawContent(
-            NonEmptySet.of("html", "rss"),
-            KaTeX(body, true),
-            Styles("bulma-has-text-centered")
+          BlockSequence(
+            RawContent(
+              NonEmptySet.of("html"),
+              KaTeX(body, true),
+              Styles("bulma-has-text-centered")
+            ),
+            RawContent(NonEmptySet.of("rss"), KaTeX(body, true, "mathml"))
           )
         }
       },
@@ -342,6 +345,13 @@ object LaikaCustomizations {
       val defaultRenderer = {
         case (fmt, Title(_, _)) =>
           "" // don't render title b/c it is in the RSS metadata
+        case (fmt, RawContent(formats, content, options)) =>
+          if (formats.contains("rss")) // only render content designated for RSS
+            HTML.defaultRenderer(
+              fmt,
+              RawContent(NonEmptySet.of("html"), content, options)
+            )
+          else ""
         case (fmt, elem) => HTML.defaultRenderer(fmt, elem)
       }
 
@@ -436,12 +446,17 @@ object KaTeX {
     ctx.getBindings("js").getMember("katex")
   }
 
-  def apply(latex: String, displayMode: Boolean = false): String =
+  def apply(
+      latex: String,
+      displayMode: Boolean = false,
+      output: String = "htmlAndMathml"
+  ): String =
     synchronized {
       val options = Map(
         "throwOnError" -> true,
         "strict" -> true,
-        "displayMode" -> displayMode
+        "displayMode" -> displayMode,
+        "output" -> output
       )
       katex.invokeMember("renderToString", latex, options.asJava).asString
     }

From f10d6751757bd12bc1df81c4a1c23247f9bcf4d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arman Bilge <armanbilge@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:47:50 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Link to katex options doc

---
 build.scala | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/build.scala b/build.scala
index 109b4293..f75bb97b 100644
--- a/build.scala
+++ b/build.scala
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ object KaTeX {
       output: String = "htmlAndMathml"
   ): String =
     synchronized {
+      // https://katex.org/docs/options
       val options = Map(
         "throwOnError" -> true,
         "strict" -> true,