Re: [PATCH] Don't fill displayed equations

[Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>]

On 03/10/2021 17:56, Stefan Nobis wrote:
> Max Nikulin writes:
>> On 03/10/2021 00:51, Tom Gillespie wrote:
> 
>>> I guess one thing I'm missing/not understanding is when/why people
>>> want to use \[ \] instead of full #+begin_export latex block?
> 
>> For example, because document without equations may become almost
>> useless in the case of export to HTML or ODT file.
> 
> Remember, as Nicolas said, the alternative to \[...\] is not a
> "#+begin_export" block, but
> 
> \begin{equation*}
> ...
> \end{equation*}

Maybe you are right and Tom was actually assuming \begin{equation*}, not 
#+begin_export latex. Since Tom and Timothy started discussion of LaTeX 
preview issues, it was better to clarify that #+begin_export is not a 
rescue here at all, it has different purpose.

Just as Timothy, I believe that \begin{equation*} is unnecessary verbose 
when \[ works *mostly* in a similar way. It shifts the border when it is 
easier to avoid Org for particular paper and to write LaTeX markup directly.

Another branch of this thread is refactoring of `org-fill-element', but 
in my opinion, if \[ \] remains an inline object, adding a special case 
for it is anyway increasing overall mess. It \[ \] were became 
block-level element, it would not be necessary.