From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Jens Lechtenboerger <lechten@wi.uni-muenster.de>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] Org export fails on $k$-ary
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2024 19:31:52 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875xwwhql3.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8734s1dngm.fsf@wi.uni-muenster.de>
Jens Lechtenboerger <lechten@wi.uni-muenster.de> writes:
> I would expect this to be exported to HTML and LaTeX correctly:
> "A $k$-ary function has $k$ arguments"
>
> In 12.5.1 LaTeX fragments, this use of a hyphen is documented:
> "To avoid conflicts with currency specifications, single ‘$’
> characters are only recognized as math delimiters if the enclosed text
> contains at most two line breaks, is directly attached to the ‘$’
> characters with no whitespace in between, and if the closing ‘$’ is
> followed by whitespace, punctuation or a dash."
>
> However, the HTML export result contains
> "A $k$-ary function has \(k\) arguments",
> which is not rendered correctly. The first two dollar signs should
> be replaced as well.
>
> The LaTeX result contains "A \$k\$-ary ...", which produces literal
> dollar signs, not math mode.
This is expected. The manual is not accurate here (and has been fixed on
development version of Org mode).
See https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/f0597d96-a287-2c48-7897-6b8737c95217@posteo.eu/
> In contrast, "A \(k\)-ary..." works.
This is also expected. Note that the latter syntax is preferred. We do
not recommend $k$ because it has edge cases like you encountered.
Canceled.
--
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
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Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
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2024-04-04 17:52 [BUG] Org export fails on $k$-ary Jens Lechtenboerger
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