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Re: [PATCH] Don't fill displayed equations
From: |
Nicolas Goaziou |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] Don't fill displayed equations |
Date: |
Thu, 30 Sep 2021 20:51:47 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) |
Hello,
Timothy <tecosaur@gmail.com> writes:
> If a displayed equation (`\[ ... \]') starts on its own line, I don’t think it
> should be filled into the rest of the text. I.e.,
>
> ┌────
> │ some nice text
> │ \[
> │ 1+1=2
> │ \]
> │ more text.
> └────
> should not become,
> ┌────
> │ some nice text \[ 1+1=3 \] more text.
> └────
>
> While the above example may not look bad, with non-trivial equations
> this can become quite messy.
I strongly disagree with this. \[...\] is an inline element, not a block
element. As such, it can be filled, and filling function should obey to
the inner structure of the document.
You can use a real block element here, e.g.,
\begin{equation*}...\end{equation*}, which will not be filled.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou