Hi
to add my two cents. I am latex user of _many_ years (as user of emacs +
org), and I use it often for math-loaded texts.
I do use $ (I actually did not even know that \( \) is (supposed to be)
the new way until I saw it generated by org.
As for $$ (or \[), I basically don't use it. I use
begin/end{displaymath}.
I don't care that it's a lot to type in, as I use an editor, that
assists me (said emacs ;-) resp. auc-tex mode).
I like the keybindings for environments there (and with the usual prefix
C-u C-x C-e, one can for instance turn a display-math into an equation,
should one decide later).
$$ I never used. The display-math simply looks nicer and is better
supported by auc-tex in that it uses standard indentation for
environments. For me it's likewise important that the text is properly
indented, and highlighted, so I can read the source file with easy,
while working on it.
Also \[ \] does proper indentation, but as said, I got used to C-x C-e
and that produces for me displaymath (probably it can be customized, but
I am happy with it as is).
Martin
>>>>> "Sébastien" == Sébastien Miquel <[email protected]> writes:
Sébastien> Hi,
Sébastien> With respect to readability, I only mean to point out
Sébastien> that the $…$ syntax is one less character, and that the
Sébastien> \(\) characters are quite overloaded.
>> this is a good opportunity to point out that $/$$ are very much
>> second class citizens in LaTeX now, no matter what you may see in
>> old documents.
Sébastien> The posts that you quote are 10 years old. As per [0]
Sébastien> (2020), there will be no LaTeX3. Nor is it only old
Sébastien> documents that use the $…$ syntax : looking for learning
Sébastien> ressources (see [1]), everything that I find uses
Sébastien> it. That includes The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX
Sébastien> [2] (2021) and
Sébastien> https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Mathematics.
Sébastien> Although I have no evidence of this, my expectation is
Sébastien> that the majority of tex users use the $…$ syntax (it is
Sébastien> in fact widely used outside of tex: in most markdown
Sébastien> flavors and texmacs for example). I also expect that a
Sébastien> significant proportion of tex users are not aware of the
Sébastien> \(…\) syntax. I think here of users that are less tech
Sébastien> literate than most of this mailing list.
Sébastien> Regards,
Sébastien> [0]:
Sébastien>
https://www.latex-project.org/publications/2020-FMi-TUB-tb128mitt-quovadis.pdf
Sébastien> [1]:
Sébastien>
https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/11/what-are-good-learning-resources-for-a-latex-beginner
Sébastien> [2]:
Sébastien> https://ctan.tetaneutral.net/info/lshort/english/lshort.pdf
Sébastien> -- Sébastien Miquel
