A small thing to note is that some people will use $ for their currency symbol. If you make single-$ a delimiter, then writing about money is made more difficult. I have this issue in a TWc that contains a lot of mathematical notation. I ended up having to define "\dollar" as a dollar sign, $, so that I could write a single dollar sign using Latex as "$\dollar$".
Cheers Andrew Mc On Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 1:27:54 AM UTC+12, Szabolcs Horvát wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I use TiddlyWiki with the KaTeX plugin. Unfortunately, the writing > experience is not as good as with some other tools, and the copy/paste > interoperability is bad. > > It would be very useful to have the following features: > > - Single-$ delimiters for inline math. Keep $$ for display math only. > - Make math work in MarkDown tiddlers. > > Advantages: > > 1. Writing without breaking one's flow. $$ is a pain to type if it has to > be typed multiple times in each sentence. Example: > > "There are no three integers $$a$$, $$b$$ and $$c$$ so that $$a^n + b^n = > c^n$$ for any integer $$n$$ greater than 2." > > Such sentences, with multiple tiny bits of math, are common when writing > mathematical prose. Those who only use LaTeX occasionally may not > immediately see it, but single-$ is a significant improvement over > double-$$ when writing serious math. Unfortunately, most people who > implement tools have a programming background and only use math > occasionally. Most people who write a lot of math don't have the expertise > to implement and maintain such tools. > > 2. Easy copy-pasting between different systems. > > I would like to be able to directly paste text from tiddlers to a LaTeX > document, or to Markdown documents. Mathematical text will have little > formatting (such as bold or italic), but a lot of LaTeX-snippets. If the > math delimiters matched normal LaTeX, pasting would be possible with > minimal modifications. > > Tools that people who work with math actually use have more-or-less > standardized on a LaTeX-compatible notation in Markdown documents. Consider > Math.StackExchange, MathOverflow, Jupyter Notebooks, Markdown-Preview-Plus > plugin for Atom, Sage Math, etc. > > > Can these features please be considered? They would make TiddlyWiki a > much more viable tool for researchers and mathematicians. I think it is a > great way to plan a paper, but I would like to be able to type faster > (without breaking by flow due to all the $$-delimiters) and I would like to > be able to paste from the tiddlers to the final paper, as well as from > other notes into tiddlers, without having to make significant modifications > every time. > > Szabolcs > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/3647826d-bd15-4365-a45b-da6035899a2c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
