From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp1 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id MH0UNB7dO1+WRgAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 13:52:30 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp1 with LMTPS id EN76Lx7dO189CwAAbx9fmQ (envelope-from ) for ; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 13:52:30 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3D06594062F for ; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 13:52:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:39866 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k822P-0001rr-38 for larch@yhetil.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 09:52:29 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55384) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k8220-0001rW-2j for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 09:52:04 -0400 Received: from relay9-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.199]:46205) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k821x-0004vt-Ri for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 09:52:03 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 154.56.88.148 Received: from localhost (unknown [154.56.88.148]) (Authenticated sender: admin@nicolasgoaziou.fr) by relay9-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 393EFFF80B; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 13:51:55 +0000 (UTC) From: Nicolas Goaziou To: Nick Higham Subject: Re: LaTeX math export problems References: <167d8a3b-4954-281e-bf1e-f341dced6b40@gmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: Nick Higham , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:51:54 +0200 In-Reply-To: <167d8a3b-4954-281e-bf1e-f341dced6b40@gmail.com> (Nick Higham's message of "Tue, 18 Aug 2020 10:12:08 +0100") Message-ID: <87tux0m58l.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.70.183.199; envelope-from=mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr; helo=relay9-d.mail.gandi.net X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/08/18 09:51:57 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer X-Spam_score_int: -35 X-Spam_score: -3.6 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.01 X-TUID: YxFDWZKwLEKD Hello, Nick Higham writes: > I thought this might be to do with something in my .emacs, but the same > problem happens with a bare bones Emacs. A simple example is this file: > > ################################################################# > # ex1a_bad.org > \[ > \widehat{y} = f(x+\widehat{x}) + \Delta y, > \quad |\widehat{y}| \le \epsilon |y|, \; > |\widehat{x}| \le \epsilon |x| > \] > ################################################################# In Org, \[...\] is inline markup, so it is weaker than tables. Therefore, Org cannot see your LaTeX environment. You can use \begin{equation*} ... \end{equation*} instead and lift the ambiguity. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou