Re: [O] Bug: wrong interpretation of LaTeX [8.2.6 (8.2.6-47-ge3d2c1-elpa @ c:/Users/beffa/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20140526/)]

[Federico Beffa]

I understand that. However, using \[...\] inline within a paragraph is
not the intended use of \[...\]. The use of \[...\] is for
mathematical expressions which you want to stand out, on their own
lines.

For inline mathematical expressions there are the constructs \(...\) and $...$.

Regards,
Fede

On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Nicolas Goaziou
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Federico Beffa <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Of course \[ 1+1 \] is valid LaTeX syntax, just as inline
>> \begin{displaymath} 1+1 \end{displaymath} is valid.
>
> But \begin{displaymath} 1+1 \end{displaymath} isn't valid in an Org
> paragraph.
>
>> In my opinion a construct which will be displayed on a line by itself
>> and with some space separating it from the preceding and the following
>> text lines such as "\[ ... \]" would be better represented as a
>> latex-environment and not an inline latex-fragment. In this way the
>> org-mode text representation with proper fill-paragraph handling would
>> be much more readable and consistent with the meaning of the syntax
>> that it borrowed.
>
> That would prevent \[...\] to be recognized within a paragraph, as in
> the example above. I don't think it's worth removing it as long as there
> is a latex-environment alternative for it.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Nicolas Goaziou