I'm sorry, Jacob, but what is presented on the web page your reference is simply not correct. LaTeX is a set of macros that extend plain TeX. As such, any commands that exist in plain TeX will work without problems in LaTeX. It is similar to the situation with C++ and plain C. C++ is a superset of plain C, and plain C code will work within a C++ program.
Rex Abert Associate Professor of Mathematics Tallahassee Community College ________________________________________ From: lon-capa-users-boun...@mail.lon-capa.org [lon-capa-users-boun...@mail.lon-capa.org] on behalf of Carl Lira [l...@egr.msu.edu] Sent: Saturday, December 5, 2015 10:09 PM To: 'Discussion list for LON-CAPA users' Subject: Re: [LON-CAPA-users] FW: printing of math Dear Jacob Bond: Thanks! Carl Lira Michigan State Chemical Engineering -----Original Message----- From: lon-capa-users-boun...@mail.lon-capa.org [mailto:lon-capa-users-boun...@mail.lon-capa.org] On Behalf Of Jacob Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2015 10:03 PM To: lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org Subject: Re: [LON-CAPA-users] FW: printing of math >Could I have your permission to insert some of your response into the >lon-capa documentation? It seems that the '$' and '$$' methods should >be recommended as LaTeX 'robust' and that the '\(' and '\[' methods >could be explained as supported, but considered as LaTeX 'fragile' with >a reference to consult a LaTeX manual if use of the fragile method >results in unexpected results occur. > >Carl Lira >Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Michigan State Carl, I would discourage you from going so far as recommending $ and $$. As explained here: http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hildebr/tex/displays.html $ and $$ are not officially supported in LaTeX. Though they do work, they are holdovers from TeX/AMS-TeX. The LaTeX equivalents are \(,\) and \[,\]. Jacob Bond --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com _______________________________________________ LON-CAPA-users mailing list LON-CAPA-users@mail.lon-capa.org http://mail.lon-capa.org/mailman/listinfo/lon-capa-users _______________________________________________ LON-CAPA-users mailing list LON-CAPA-users@mail.lon-capa.org http://mail.lon-capa.org/mailman/listinfo/lon-capa-users _______________________________________________ LON-CAPA-users mailing list LON-CAPA-users@mail.lon-capa.org http://mail.lon-capa.org/mailman/listinfo/lon-capa-users
