8.3 git head new math $ behavior

8.3 git head new math $ behavior

[Ken Mankoff]

I've started running the git head version of Org mode, since 8.3 
has some features I'm interested in that were not in the version I 
was previously using (the latest on elpa).

Is this list an appropriate place to as questions or mention bugs 
I find in 8.3, or is there a better place for that?

I write because in the new version $x$ exports to latex as before, 
but ($x$) does not. It exports as seen, including the dollar sign. 
($$x$$) does export as math.

Is this an intentional changed behavior? Or some regex exporter 
bug that I've come across?

  -k.
  

Re: 8.3 git head new math $ behavior

[Rasmus]

Ken Mankoff <mankoff@gmail.com> writes:

> I write because in the new version $x$ exports to latex as before, but
> ($x$) does not. It exports as seen, including the dollar sign. ($$x$$)
> does export as math.

As far as I recall it's a feature.  I think there's a discussion with this
exact example a way back, but it's hard to search for...  $·$ happens to
work sometimes.  \(·\) Should work unambiguously.

—Rasmus

-- 
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Re: 8.3 git head new math $ behavior

[Eric S Fraga]

On Tuesday, 24 Feb 2015 at 18:53, Rasmus wrote:
> \(·\) Should work unambiguously.

And, for the OP, if you are like me and have $...$ burned into your
autonomic system, the following snippet of code is quite useful:

#+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle "esf-org.el"
  ;; from Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook@yahoo.fr>
  ;; Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 16:23:02 +0100
  ;; Message-ID: <87vc913oh5.fsf@yahoo.fr>
  (defun yf/org-electric-dollar nil
  "When called once, insert \\(\\) and leave point in between.
  When called twice, replace the previously inserted \\(\\) by one $."
    (interactive)
    (if (and (looking-at "\\\\)") (looking-back "\\\\("))
        (progn (delete-char 2)
               (delete-char -2)
               (insert "$"))
      (insert "\\(\\)")
      (backward-char 2)))
  (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "$") 'yf/org-electric-dollar)
#+end_src
-- 
: Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 24.4.1, Org release_8.3beta-820-gd92ef9