On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:59:58 +0100
Marco Patzer <li...@homerow.info> wrote:
> > What sort of needs for structure could \m address for inline math?
> > Clearly, an equation to which one might want to have a reference
> > math should appear rather as displayed math.
>
> While I agree on that one, writing \math{x^2} clearly states what it
> is. TeX tradition aside, dollar signs make no sense here and you
> have to manually match beginning and end. Braces are matched
> automatically (probably depends on the editor as well).
\math{x²} states what it is. However \m{x²} is cryptic and, although
only two characters longer than $x²$, is infinitely less readable than
the dollar-delimited variant, even now to MS/Word users who have ever
used the equation editor.
When typing sentences containing lots of math, having many \math{}
commands becomes unwieldy, but, in the end, this becomes a
question of personal taste.
Alan
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