# File lib/maruku/output/to_latex.rb, line 331
  def to_latex_entity
    entity_name = self.entity_name

    entity = MaRuKu::Out::EntityTable.instance.entity(entity_name)
    unless entity
      maruku_error "I don't know how to translate entity '#{entity_name}' to LaTeX."
      return ""
    end

    replace = entity.latex_string
    @doc.latex_require_package entity.latex_package if entity.latex_package

    if replace
      if replace.start_with?("\\") && !replace.end_with?('$', '}')
        replace + "{}"
      else
        replace
      end
    else
      tell_user "Cannot translate entity #{entity_name.inspect} to LaTeX."
      entity_name
    end
  end