Colin, > > Colin Baxter writes: > >> Ah, LaTeX3 - whatever happened to that? ... > Yes, I know. My remark was tongue in cheek.
which leaves open whether your tongue was already in your cheek at: > Indeed. Compare something like > > $g=\lim_{\delta m\to 0}(\delta F/\delta m)$ > > with > > \(g=\lim_{\delta m\to 0}(\delta F/\delta m)\) ? additionally, fwiw, i was a long time '$...$'-user. at one point i was betrayed, and switched to '\(...\)'. it may be more to type (i hadn't noticed the suggestion Eric just sent in), but i liked the repeatability. and, in terms of parsing, i'm very sympathetic to having "directional" end markers. cheers, Greg