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+/* eslint-disable func-names, space-before-function-paren, consistent-return, no-var, no-undef, no-else-return, prefer-arrow-callback, padded-blocks, max-len, no-console */
+// Renders math using KaTeX in any element with the
+// `js-render-math` class
+//
+// ### Example Markup
+//
+//   <code class="js-render-math"></div>
+//
+(function() {
+  // Only load once
+  var katexLoaded = false;
+
+  // Loop over all math elements and render math
+  var renderWithKaTeX = function (elements) {
+    elements.each(function () {
+      var mathNode = $('<span></span>');
+      var $this = $(this);
+
+      var display = $this.attr('data-math-style') === 'display';
+      try {
+        katex.render($this.text(), mathNode.get(0), { displayMode: display });
+        mathNode.insertAfter($this);
+        $this.remove();
+      } catch (err) {
+        // What can we do??
+        console.log(err.message);
+      }
+    });
+  };
+
+  $.fn.renderMath = function() {
+    var $this = this;
+    if ($this.length === 0) return;
+
+    if (katexLoaded) renderWithKaTeX($this);
+    else {
+      // Request CSS file so it is in the cache
+      $.get(gon.katex_css_url, function() {
+        var css = $('<link>',
+          { rel: 'stylesheet',
+            type: 'text/css',
+            href: gon.katex_css_url,
+          });
+        css.appendTo('head');
+
+        // Load KaTeX js
+        $.getScript(gon.katex_js_url, function() {
+          katexLoaded = true;
+          renderWithKaTeX($this); // Run KaTeX
+        });
+      });
+    }
+  };
+
+}).call(this);