Add support for ctex

constants.py

@@ -134,8 +134,10 @@ for folder in [FILE_DIR, RASTER_IMAGE_DIR, SVG_IMAGE_DIR, ANIMATIONS_DIR, TEX_DI
     if not os.path.exists(folder):
         os.makedirs(folder)
 
+TEX_USE_CTEX = False
 TEX_TEXT_TO_REPLACE = "YourTextHere"
-TEMPLATE_TEX_FILE = os.path.join(THIS_DIR, "tex_template.tex")
+TEMPLATE_TEX_FILE = os.path.join(THIS_DIR, "tex_template.tex" if not TEX_USE_CTEX
+    else "ctex_template.tex")
 with open(TEMPLATE_TEX_FILE, "r") as infile:
     TEMPLATE_TEXT_FILE_BODY = infile.read()
     TEMPLATE_TEX_FILE_BODY = TEMPLATE_TEXT_FILE_BODY.replace(

ctex_template.tex

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+\documentclass[preview]{standalone}
+
+\usepackage[english]{babel}
+\usepackage{amsmath}
+\usepackage{amssymb}
+\usepackage{dsfont}
+\usepackage{setspace}
+\usepackage{tipa}
+\usepackage{relsize}
+\usepackage{textcomp}
+\usepackage{mathrsfs}
+\usepackage{calligra}
+\usepackage{wasysym}
+\usepackage{ragged2e}
+\usepackage{physics}
+\usepackage{xcolor}
+\usepackage{textcomp}
+\usepackage{microtype}
+%\DisableLigatures{encoding = *, family = * }
+\usepackage[UTF8]{ctex}
+\linespread{1}
+
+\begin{document}
+
+YourTextHere
+
+\end{document}

mobject/svg/svg_mobject.py

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class SVGMobject(VMobject):
         possible_paths = [
             os.path.join(SVG_IMAGE_DIR, self.file_name),
             os.path.join(SVG_IMAGE_DIR, self.file_name + ".svg"),
+            os.path.join(SVG_IMAGE_DIR, self.file_name + ".xdv"),
             self.file_name,
         ]
         for path in possible_paths:

utils/tex_file_writing.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import hashlib
 
 from constants import TEX_DIR
 from constants import TEX_TEXT_TO_REPLACE
+from constants import TEX_USE_CTEX
 
 
 def tex_hash(expression, template_tex_file_body):
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ def get_null():
 
 
 def tex_to_dvi(tex_file):
-    result = tex_file.replace(".tex", ".dvi")
+    result = tex_file.replace(".tex", ".dvi" if not TEX_USE_CTEX else ".xdv")
     if not os.path.exists(result):
         commands = [
             "latex",
@@ -54,12 +55,22 @@ def tex_to_dvi(tex_file):
             tex_file,
             ">",
             get_null()
+        ] if not TEX_USE_CTEX else [
+            "xelatex",
+            "-no-pdf",
+            "-interaction=batchmode",
+            "-halt-on-error",
+            "-output-directory=" + TEX_DIR,
+            tex_file,
+            ">",
+            get_null()
         ]
         exit_code = os.system(" ".join(commands))
         if exit_code != 0:
             log_file = tex_file.replace(".tex", ".log")
             raise Exception(
-                "Latex error converting to dvi. "
+                ("Latex error converting to dvi. " if not TEX_USE_CTEX
+                else "Xelatex error converting to xdv. ") +
                 "See log output above or the log file: %s" % log_file)
     return result
 
@@ -71,7 +82,7 @@ def dvi_to_svg(dvi_file, regen_if_exists=False):
     Returns a list of PIL Image objects for these images sorted as they
     where in the dvi
     """
-    result = dvi_file.replace(".dvi", ".svg")
+    result = dvi_file.replace(".dvi" if not TEX_USE_CTEX else ".xdv", ".svg")
     if not os.path.exists(result):
         commands = [
             "dvisvgm",