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.
