Bastien <b...@altern.org> wrote: > Hi Nick, > > Nick Dokos <nicholas.do...@hp.com> writes: > > > $$...$$ is plain TeX, not LaTeX, and according to Lamport (p. 233), > > "... does not work properly." See also > > > > http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=dolldoll > > $$...$$ worked for me for years in LaTeX (using tetex on GNU/Linux) > so I'm curious: is this FAQ entry still accurate? The web page says > "2012-03-29" but maybe that's just an automated time-stamp, not telling > whether this entry in particular is still relevant. > > Anyway, thanks for the pointer, learning every day! >
I don't know for sure, but I presume it's still valid: I abandoned $$...$$ many years ago after reading Lamport and have used \[...\] ever since. The breakage seems subtle, so why chance it? Nick
