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From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
Subject: Re: LaTeX-export: letters after $..$ turn off math-mode
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 11:45:55 -0500
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To: Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>, Greg Minshall <minshall@umich.edu>, Bastien <bzg@altern.org>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org

Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:

> Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > ...
> > Thus, I suggest to announce that $ (both $ and $$, even though $$ don't
> > have problems /per se/) symbols for should be avoided. Then, in a year
> > or so, we can remove them completely from code base.
> > 
> 
> Agree. Also $$...$$ may not cause problems to org, but according to Lamport
> (see p. 233 of Lamport (2nd ed)) it does not work properly in LaTeX.
> 

See also

    http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=dolldoll

for some details.

Nick