From: Tony Zorman <tony.zorman@tu-dresden.de>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
Cc: <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: The org--math-p advice around texmathp
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 21:41:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8734srz0qi.fsf@hyperspace> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87frwrinu5.fsf@localhost>
On Fri, Mar 15 2024 14:14, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> Tony Zorman <tony.zorman@tu-dresden.de> writes:
>
>>> Because Org mode syntax is not LaTeX and `texmathp' assumes that we are inside
>>> LaTeX buffer. So, we first check using Org syntax whether the point is
>>> inside latex fragment in Org sense.
>>
>> But isn't what Org calls LaTeX math pretty equivalent to what would
>> count as the same in a LaTeX buffer? From a quick scan of texmathp.el, I
>> couldn't actually see a hard-dependency on a TeX-derived mode at all. I
>> wouldn't really care about this so much, but the fact that the Org
>> variant just misreports the position is a bit unfortunate, in my
>> opinion.
>
> No, there is a difference.
>
> For example, something like \alpha is a valid Org mode entity.
> Without `org--math-p' advice, if you do "`a" in Org buffer with
> org-cdlatex-mode, you will see $\alpha$ inserted. With the advice, just
> \alpha will be inserted.
>
> There are likely other similar edge cases.
>
> We would not choose to advice third-party function without a strong
> reason.
I believe you, but apparently I still haven't really understood the
point of the advice.
For example, I would think it's expected behaviour that "`a" in a string
produces "\(\alpha\)" with CDLaTeX; indeed, so far I thought it was just
a bug that it didn't! Likewise, that a standalone `a produces \alpha
instead of \(\alpha\). Why is this not expected behaviour in Org?
Tony
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-03-15 21:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-03-09 19:41 The org--math-p advice around texmathp Tony Zorman
2024-03-13 12:58 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-03-14 16:15 ` Tony Zorman
2024-03-15 14:14 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-03-15 20:41 ` Tony Zorman [this message]
2024-03-16 10:07 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-03-16 12:23 ` Tony Zorman
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