From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: "Fraga, Eric" <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
Cc: Tom Alexander <tom@fizz.buzz>,
"emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [DISCUSSION] What should we do with undocumented x^(superscript inside /round/ braces) syntax?
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 18:30:19 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wmr071dw.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87plws1fs2.fsf@ucl.ac.uk>
"Fraga, Eric" <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
> On Saturday, 17 Feb 2024 at 14:06, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
>> Inconsistent with LaTeX syntax, Org mode not only allows
>> x^{superscript}, but also x^(superscript) with round braces used for
>> grouping.
>
> Inconsistent with LaTeX is not a sufficient reason for removing this, in
> my opinion. Org has /dwim/ elements which make it easier to write some
> expressions than in LaTeX. Another example is ~x^-1~ which works as I
> want but would make no sense in LaTeX (where only the "-" would be
> superscripted, not the 1).
Good point.
Although, do note that unlike x^word, x^(some text) is not documented.
Moreover, options like ^:{} create an impression that only curly braces
are accepted.
--
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-02-19 18:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-09-21 22:45 Subscript with parenthesis Tom Alexander
2023-09-21 23:02 ` Tom Alexander
2023-09-22 9:14 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-29 16:12 ` Tom Alexander
2024-02-17 14:06 ` [DISCUSSION] What should we do with undocumented x^(superscript inside /round/ braces) syntax? (was: Subscript with parenthesis) Ihor Radchenko
2024-02-17 19:36 ` William Denton
2024-02-17 20:03 ` Thomas Dye
2024-02-17 21:22 ` Mark Barton
2024-02-19 18:15 ` [DISCUSSION] What should we do with undocumented x^(superscript inside /round/ braces) syntax? Fraga, Eric
2024-02-19 18:30 ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2024-03-20 13:57 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-04-21 9:44 ` Ihor Radchenko
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