code: def italic(s, *, escape=True):
      r
      if escape:
          s = escape_latex(s)
  
      return NoEscape(r'\textit{' + s + '}')
docs: r"""Make a string appear italicized in LaTeX formatting.
  
      italic() wraps a given string in the LaTeX command \textit{}.
  
      Args
      ----
      s : str
          The string to be formatted.
      escape: bool
          If true the italic text will be escaped
  
      Returns
      -------
      NoEscape
          The formatted string.
  
      Examples
      --------
      >>> italic("hello")
      '\\textit{hello}'
      >>> print(italic("hello"))
      \textit{hello}