add support for texttt (monospace) font

docs/source/changelog.rst

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ This version might not be stable, but to install it use::
 1.4.2_ - `docs <../v1.4.2/>`__ - 2023-10-19
 -------------------------------------------
 
+Added
+~~~~~
+- Add support for the ``\texttt`` command
+
 Added
 ~~~~~
 - Add `.Chapter` in ``__init__.py``

examples/full.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     Tabular,
     TikZ,
 )
-from pylatex.utils import italic
+from pylatex.utils import italic, monospace
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     image_filename = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "kitten.jpg")
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     with doc.create(Section("The simple stuff")):
         doc.append("Some regular text and some")
         doc.append(italic("italic text. "))
+        doc.append(monospace("Even some monospaced (typewriter) text. "))
         doc.append("\nAlso some crazy characters: $&#{}")
         with doc.create(Subsection("Math that is incorrect")):
             doc.append(Math(data=["2*3", "=", 9]))

pylatex/utils.py

@@ -298,6 +298,32 @@ def italic(s, *, escape=True):
     return NoEscape(r"\textit{" + s + "}")
 
 
+def monospace(s, *, escape=True):
+    r"""Make a string appear monospaced (typewriter) in LaTeX formatting.
+    monospace() wraps a given string in the LaTeX command \texttt{}.
+    Args
+    ----
+    s : str
+        The string to be formatted.
+    escape: bool
+        If true the monospace text will be escaped.
+    Returns
+    -------
+    NoEscape
+        The formatted string.
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> monospace("hello")
+    NoEscape(\texttt{hello})
+    >>> print(monospace("hello"))
+    \texttt{hello}
+    """
+    if escape:
+        s = escape_latex(s)
+
+    return NoEscape(r"\texttt{" + s + "}")
+
+
 def verbatim(s, *, delimiter="|"):
     r"""Make the string verbatim.
 

tests/test_args.py

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
     escape_latex,
     fix_filename,
     italic,
+    monospace,
     verbatim,
 )
 
@@ -493,6 +494,8 @@ def test_utils():
 
     italic(s="")
 
+    monospace(s="")
+
     verbatim(s="", delimiter="|")