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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't fill displayed equations
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2021 22:41:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ilygo4uh.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1tui1tcth.fsf@nobis-it.eu> (Stefan Nobis's message of "Fri, 01 Oct 2021 09:38:02 +0200")

Hello,

Stefan Nobis <stefan-ml@snobis.de> writes:

> I wonder, why it is not a block element. As far as I know, the only
> difference (even in the context of Org) between \(...\) and \[...\]
> is, that the former denotes inline math and the latter denotes a math
> block. And at least exporting to HTML (with MathJax) and LaTeX results
> in a block equation for \[...\].

That's not true. Only some export back-ends can tell the difference
between \(...\) and \[...\], so in the context of Org, they are the
same.

> Do you have a short summary or a pointer why \[...\] has been choosen
> to be an inline element? 

Yes: habit. Also, I don't think LaTeX treats it as a block element.
E.g.,

    text
    \[1+1=3\]
    text

is a single paragraph in LaTeX.

> What's the advantage or what would be the downside of making it
> a block element?

If it's a block element, you cannot write \[...\] mid-line. Such
constructs must start at the beginning of the line, barring some initial
indentation. Also, they would end the current paragraph, so the example
above would generate three paragraphs.

The advantage, at least for some users, is that they are not subjects to
filling, and can contain empty lines. This is already provided by
\begin{equation*}...\end{equation*} LaTeX environments.

Regards,
-- 
Nicolas Goaziou


  reply	other threads:[~2021-10-01 20:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-30 17:20 [PATCH] Don't fill displayed equations Timothy
2021-09-30 17:44 ` Timothy
2021-09-30 18:51 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2021-09-30 18:54   ` Timothy
2021-09-30 19:02     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2021-09-30 19:17       ` Colin Baxter
2021-09-30 22:11         ` Nicolas Goaziou
2021-09-30 22:26           ` Tim Cross
2021-09-30 19:28       ` Timothy
2021-09-30 20:45       ` Timothy
2021-09-30 22:55         ` Nicolas Goaziou
2021-10-01  7:38           ` Stefan Nobis
2021-10-01 20:41             ` Nicolas Goaziou [this message]
2021-10-02  8:17               ` Org syntax: \[ \] as block element instead of inline object Max Nikulin
2021-10-02 10:47                 ` Stefan Nobis
2021-10-02  9:57               ` [PATCH] Don't fill displayed equations Stefan Nobis
2021-10-02 10:04               ` Eric S Fraga
2021-10-02 10:18                 ` Timothy
2021-10-02 11:24                   ` Eric S Fraga
2021-10-02 14:21                     ` Max Nikulin
2021-10-02 17:51                       ` Tom Gillespie
2021-10-02 18:28                         ` Timothy
2021-10-02 18:57                           ` Tom Gillespie
2021-10-02 20:25                             ` org-latex-preview and latex export blocks Timothy
2021-10-03  8:50                         ` [PATCH] Don't fill displayed equations Max Nikulin
2021-10-03 10:56                           ` Stefan Nobis
2021-10-03 12:04                             ` Max Nikulin
2021-10-04  5:57                               ` Tom Gillespie
2021-10-04 17:11                                 ` Max Nikulin
2021-10-03 12:35                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-10-01  7:43           ` Timothy
2021-10-02 11:06             ` Nicolas Goaziou
2021-10-02 11:24               ` Timothy
2021-10-03  8:49                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-10-03  8:50                   ` Timothy
2021-10-03  9:13                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-10-03  9:14                       ` Timothy
2021-10-03  9:41                         ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-10-03  9:42                           ` Timothy
2022-06-18  6:00                             ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-10-01 14:42         ` Greg Minshall
2021-10-04  6:05         ` Timothy
2021-10-04  7:11           ` Tom Gillespie
2021-10-04  7:15             ` Timothy
2021-10-04  8:11           ` Przemysław Pietrzak

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