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From: "Fraga, Eric" <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
Cc: Tom Alexander <tom@fizz.buzz>,
	"emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [DISCUSSION] What should we do with undocumented x^(superscript inside /round/ braces) syntax?
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 18:15:58 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87plws1fs2.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wmr3xk0n.fsf@localhost> (Ihor Radchenko's message of "Sat, 17 Feb 2024 14:06:32 +0000")

On Saturday, 17 Feb 2024 at 14:06, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> Inconsistent with LaTeX syntax, Org mode not only allows
> x^{superscript}, but also x^(superscript) with round braces used for
> grouping.

Inconsistent with LaTeX is not a sufficient reason for removing this, in
my opinion.  Org has /dwim/ elements which make it easier to write some
expressions than in LaTeX.  Another example is ~x^-1~ which works as I
want but would make no sense in LaTeX (where only the "-" would be
superscripted, not the 1).

-- 
: Eric S Fraga, with org release_9.6.18-1158-g8e2ed4 in Emacs 30.0.50

  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-02-19 18:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-09-21 22:45 Subscript with parenthesis Tom Alexander
2023-09-21 23:02 ` Tom Alexander
2023-09-22  9:14   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-29 16:12     ` Tom Alexander
2024-02-17 14:06     ` [DISCUSSION] What should we do with undocumented x^(superscript inside /round/ braces) syntax? (was: Subscript with parenthesis) Ihor Radchenko
2024-02-17 19:36       ` William Denton
2024-02-17 20:03         ` Thomas Dye
2024-02-17 21:22       ` Mark Barton
2024-02-19 18:15       ` Fraga, Eric [this message]
2024-02-19 18:30         ` [DISCUSSION] What should we do with undocumented x^(superscript inside /round/ braces) syntax? Ihor Radchenko
2024-03-20 13:57           ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-04-21  9:44             ` Ihor Radchenko

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