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Subject: Re: Bug: Another possible error for in-line math parsing
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On Oct 21, 2010, at 7:52 PM, Jeff Horn wrote:

>> Org-mode will never be a perfect TeX scanner, and this is really  
>> hard.
>> Help yourself and Org by using \( and \) as math delimiters when  
>> you wish to
>> include dollar characters inside....
>
> Ten-four.

What does that mean?

> I'll try it when I get some time to go back and edit my
> source files. Wonky use of dollar signs in math doesn't explain why
> the following source doesn't work, though:
>
>> Additionally, the following source from org-mode:
>>
>> `$.30(50)+.70(20)=29$`

The reason here is that $.30 looks too much like currency, and
Org tries hard to detect cases where is dollar in text is meant to
be currency and not math.  Here it fails, and also here you can use
\(...\).  In fact, using dollar makes parsing TeX *a lot* harder
in general.

HTH

- Carsten

>>
>> Is not converted at all by MathJax.
>>
>> Org-mode version 7.01trans, recent git pull from earlier this week.
>> Aquamacs on Snow Leopard.
>
> Thanks for the tip, though!
>
> -- 
> Jeffrey Horn
> Graduate Lecturer and PhD Student in Economics
> George Mason University
>
> (704) 271-4797
> jhorn@gmu.edu
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>
> http://www.failuretorefrain.com/jeff/