MathJax extension mhchem in Sphinx

Question

How do you enable MathJax extension mhchem in Sphinx? MathJax is loaded from CDN.

Answer 1

Add the following block into your rst file. Or see Adding a javascript script tag some place so that it works for every file in sphinx documentation to add it into your template, so it can be applied globally.

.. raw:: html

    <script type="text/javascript" >
    MathJax.Hub.Config({
        TeX: { extensions: ["mhchem.js"] }
    });
    </script>