[IPython-dev] Using \( \), \[ \] instead of $...$, $$...$$ fox LaTeX math
Brian Granger
ellisonbg at gmail.com
Sat Jan 14 12:22:39 EST 2012
Hmm, the MathJax config looks to already have this configured:
https://github.com/ipython/ipython/blob/master/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/notebookmain.js#L18
Can you test if it is working?
Cheers,
Brian
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Joon Ro <joonpyro at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm sorry, but could you please tell me where I should look for this?
> I tried to find out but it was not apparent to me where those are defined in
> the source.
>
> Thank you,
> Joon
>
>
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:22:00 -0600, Brian Granger <ellisonbg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Joon Ro <joonpyro at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thank you for the reply.
>>>
>>> Actually I was not talking about making it configurable, just
>>> additionally
>>> supporting \( \) and \[ \] besides $ and $$. As far as I know \( \)
>>> and
>>> \[ \] are as widely used as $ and $$ for latex math. I'm sorry I said
>>> "instead of" in the title. Should have used "in addition to." :)
>>>
>>> When I first started using latex in several years ago, I saw an
>>> documentation which recommended using \( \) and \[ \] instead of $...$
>>> and $$...$$ somewhere (I don't remember where :)), so I have preferred
>>> them.
>>>
>>> In fact, in the Mathjax documentation
>>> (http://www.mathjax.org/docs/1.1/start.html), actually it says that "Note
>>> in particular that the $...$ in-line delimiters are not used by default,"
>>> because $ sign comes up too frequently in non-mathematical settings.
>>> Mathjax supports both \[...\] and \(...\) by default. I just tried
>>> matplotlib and I could use \( \) there too. (It seems matplotlib does
>>> not
>>> support neither $$ nor \[ \].)
>>
>>
>> If MathJax can support both styles simultaneously let's do that. Can
>> you look into if that is possible and submit a pull request to
>> implement it?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Brian
>>
>>> -Joon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:17:51 -0600, Brian Granger <ellisonbg at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There are a number of levels that this choice enters in:
>>>>
>>>> * Our display system enforces that latex means $ and $$. This is
>>>> important as it provides a uniform interface for all people who want
>>>> to develop custom latex representations of their objects for display
>>>> in the notebook. As time goes on, many third parties will rely on
>>>> this convention.
>>>> * The configuration of MathJax and matplotlib in the notebook and
>>>> qtconsole. This has to line up with the conventions in the display
>>>> system, otherwise things won't work properly.
>>>>
>>>> I think this is one case where it doesn't make sense for this to be
>>>> configurable. Otherwise we can't promise that everyones code will
>>>> "just work" in IPython. Is there a reason you can't use $ and $$?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Brian
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Joon Ro <joonpyro at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I just started using notebook, and it looks awesome. Thank you so much
>>>>> for
>>>>> your dedicated work. I cannot wait to try using it through a remote
>>>>> connection!
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, I was thinking it would be great if it is possible to use \(
>>>>> \),
>>>>> \[ \] instead of $...$, $$...$$ in the notebook for the math. Would
>>>>> this
>>>>> be easily implementable?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>> Joon
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