How can I escape LaTeX special characters inside django templates?

Question

I have this django template which I use to generate LaTeX files

\\documentclass[11pt]{report}

\\begin{document}
\\begin{table}
    \\centering
    \\begin{t         


        

Answer 1

Something like this should do:

CHARS = {
    '&':  r'\&',
    '%':  r'\%', 
    '$':  r'\$', 
    '#':  r'\#', 
    '_':  r'\letterunderscore{}', 
    '{':  r'\letteropenbrace{}', 
    '}':  r'\letterclosebrace{}',
    '~':  r'\lettertilde{}', 
    '^':  r'\letterhat{}', 
    '\\': r'\letterbackslash{}',
}

print("".join([CHARS.get(char, char) for char in "&%$#_{}~^\\"]))

Create you own template filter to filter your variables

[edit]:

This was the special characters for ConText, for LaTex, adapt with:

\& \% \$ \# \_ \{ \} \textasciitilde{} \^{} \textbackslash{}