Re: [RFC] Change \[..\] and $$...$$ into elements

[Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us>]

Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:

> Hello,
>
> Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us> writes:
>
>> What's wrong with equation (potentially coupled with mathtools for
>> handling numbering automatically)?  Is it worth breaking old documents
>> (irrespective of org-lint) for this inconvenience?
>
> Actually, the idea behind this patch is to mimic the expected LaTeX
> behaviour,i.e., treat \[..\] as an equivalent
> to \begin{equation*}...\end{equation*}.
>
> This was requested at least once before, so I guess it may make sense to
> follow the path of least surprise.

And I'm saying that people should just write:

     #+latex_header: \usepackage{mathtools} \mathtoolsset{showonlyrefs}
     aaa
     \begin{equation}
     bbb
     \end{equation}
     ccc

Org isn't LaTeX and there’s no difference in the output from \[⋯\]
and \begin{equation*}⋯\end{equation*} or the above.

Nonetheless, I don't feel strongly about the (non)issue so if this
behavior is better, somehow, go for it.

Rasmus

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