Re: [O] math in parentheses

[Rasmus]

Hi,

Nick Dokos <address@hidden> writes:

> See
>
>    
> http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/510/are-and-preferable-to-dollar-signs-for-math-mode
>
> for some arguments for and (mostly) against (although one of the "for"s
> is Frank Mittelbach - which surely tilts the scale quite a lot). FWIW,
> I've trained myself to use \(...\) and don't find it any harder to read
> than $...$ - and I don't mind the extra typing either.  The fact that
> both org and MathJax deal better with \(...\) just reinforces that
> choice.

Note that,

(with-temp-buffer (insert "$x$") (require 'ox-latex)
                  (org-latex-export-as-latex nil nil nil t)) => \(x\)

Just out of curiosity, do you actually type \(·\) or have you somehow
remapped $·$ to insert \(·\)?

For me the biggest inconvenience of \(·\) is that it's tedious to
type.  On my keyboard, M-< S-8 M-< gives me \(\), compare to M-4 M-4
(which I could probably limit to M-4 with electric-pair-mode).  Thus,
I use $·$ by default.

I usually just rely on whether my expression get the colored by
org-latex-and-related.  In most cases that's a good indicator, but it
does not work with ($x$).

—Rasmus

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