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+/// <reference path="escape-latex.d.ts" />
+
+import lescape = require('escape-latex');
+
+lescape("String to be escaped here #yolo");
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diff --git a/escape-latex/escape-latex.d.ts b/escape-latex/escape-latex.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for escape-latex 0.1.2
+// Project: https://github.com/dangmai/escape-latex
+// Definitions by: Oliver Schneider <https://github.com/olsio>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
+
+declare module 'escape-latex' {
+    function lescape(texString: string): string;
+    export = lescape;
+}
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