Hi Richard, Richard Lawrence <richard.lawre...@berkeley.edu> writes: > Hi Andreas, > > Andreas Leha <andreas.l...@med.uni-goettingen.de> writes: > >> I encounter a problem using $..$ expressions when they are enclosed >> in parentheses. > >> This $T$ works, but ($T$) this does not. >> >> Is that expected behaviour? >> >> (Note that \(...\) expressions work.) > > Yes, that is the expected behavior. Org is much pickier about when "$" > can be a math delimiter than "\( ... \)". The reason is that "$" can > also be used as a regular symbol in Org documents; when it is, it should > be *not* be exported as a math delimiter to LaTeX, and distinguishing > non-math-delimiting from math-delimiting uses of "$" is not a trivial > matter. > > Thus, when in doubt, use "\( ... \)". >
Thanks for following that up. I do use \(...\) when I encounter problems with $...$ (which is a lot nicer to type and read). I am happy with using the fall-back \(...\) every now and then. Just for me to understand: Is the problem the missing whitespace around the $...$ expression? Thanks, Andreas
