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From: Paul Stansell <paulstansell@gmail.com>
To: Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: fill paragraph: math and latex environments
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 15:38:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMJKaZwmqkf4RAqdcD=j+mDHZ6VBmdNYoMrg_2QRS=XV5JML+w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zju4opai.fsf@gmail.com>

Nicolas,

Thanks for your reply.

> If we allow \[...\] constructs to be an element, they cannot be
> recognized as such within paragraphs. So
>
>   Some text \[1+1\] and some other text
>
> will not be recognized anymore, even though any latex editing mode
> supports it. Again, I think it's not worth loosing it.
>
> Also, using \begin{...}...\end{...} environments is not really an issue
> with editing facilities in Emacs (e.g., yasnippets).

I'm sorry, but I don't fully understand your explanation as I don't
know what you mean by an "element" in this context?

Also, am I missing something about the latex?  Do you want to be able
to use display style maths inside a sentence (ie. avoid placing the
maths on a new line but have it formatted in display style)?  That
would seem strange as that's not what it's for.  I don't, therefore,
see why anyone would want to write

  Some text \[1+1\] and some other text

as in the resulting processed document it will look like

  Some text
                     1+1
  and some other text

I think one should instead write

    Some text \(1+1\) and some other text

or

   Some text $1+1$ and some other text

which, in the processed document, will look like

    Some text 1+1 and some other text

If someone wants a display maths equation they could write it in their
org file as

  Some text
  \[
     1+1
  \]
   and some other text

so that the look of the org file resembles more closely that of the
processed document.

> Also, using \begin{...}...\end{...} environments is not really an issue
> with editing facilities in Emacs (e.g., yasnippets).

I agree with you there.  It's not a big deal type, but I do think

\[
1+1
\[

looks a lot nicer and cleaner in the org file than

\begin{displaymath}
1+1
\end{displaymath}

Kind regards,

Paul

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2013-07-03 14:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-17 16:14 fill paragraph: math and latex environments Albert Z. Wang
2012-09-17 19:16 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-09-18  0:37   ` Albert Z. Wang
2012-09-19 13:03     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-07-01 21:45       ` Paul Stansell
2013-07-02 17:16         ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-07-03 14:38           ` Paul Stansell [this message]
2013-07-03 19:50             ` Nicolas Goaziou

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