Dominik Schrempf <dominik.schre...@gmail.com> writes: > Maybe the best thing to do is drop support for $...$ completely?
We cannot do it. Otherwise, existing Org documents may be broken. > I quote the Org mode manual section about $...$ syntax: > > Text within the usual LaTeX math delimiters. To avoid conflicts with > currency specifications, single ‘$’ characters are only recognized > as math delimiters if the enclosed text contains at most two line > breaks, is directly attached to the ‘$’ characters with no > whitespace in between, and if the closing ‘$’ is followed by > whitespace, punctuation or a dash. For the other delimiters, there > is no such restriction, so when in doubt, use ‘\(...\)’ as inline > math delimiters. > > I think this is HIGHLY confusing. I think we should write something > along the lines: "Do not use $...$. Only for reasons of backwards > compatibility, $...$ syntax is partly (!) supported." Feel free to provide a patch. -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>