# File lib/maruku/output/to_latex_entities.rb, line 28
        def to_latex_entity 
                MaRuKu::Out::Latex.need_entity_table
                
                entity_name = self.entity_name
        
                entity = ENTITY_TABLE[entity_name]
                if not entity
                        maruku_error "I don't know how to translate entity '#{entity_name}' "+
                        "to LaTeX."
                        return ""
                end
                replace = entity.latex_string
                
                entity.latex_packages.each do |p|
                        @doc.latex_require_package p
                end
                
#               if replace =~ /^\\/
#                       replace = replace + " "
#               end
                
                if replace
                        return replace + "{}"
                else
                        tell_user "Cannot translate entity #{entity_name.inspect} to LaTeX."
                        return entity_name
                end
        end