From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Goaziou Subject: Re: Exponents / subscripts Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 19:08:43 +0200 Message-ID: <87zjcs0yxw.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42612) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xftxh-0004RI-AU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:08:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XftxX-0004yp-My for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:08:09 -0400 Received: from relay3-d.mail.gandi.net ([2001:4b98:c:538::195]:50642) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XftxX-0004yP-Fp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:07:59 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Fabrice Popineau's message of "Sun, 19 Oct 2014 17:28:01 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Fabrice Popineau Cc: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" Hello, Fabrice Popineau writes: > A minor issue and I haven't check if it has already been raised in the past. > Currently something like \(a^nb^n\) is the org-mode buffer > as \(a^{nbn}\). IE it starts exponent mode and stops it at the next space. > Could it be made to behave more like LaTeX, i.e. only the next char > except if braces ? Or is it something beyond the Org parser / syntax ? This is not beyond anything. It is (historically) meant to be that way. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou