Fixing Latex Bugs in Private Messages: Tips and Tricks

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the issues related to LaTeX support in private messages on the forum. Participants explore the symptoms of bugs encountered, potential fixes, and the implications of policy regarding LaTeX functionality in private messaging.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant describes experiencing bugs where images from their personal cache appear instead of the correct ones in private messages, suggesting that replying and previewing the message can temporarily resolve the issue.
  • Another participant asserts that LaTeX support in private messages may not be provided, implying a policy decision rather than an oversight.
  • A participant proposes that if LaTeX is indeed unsupported, there should be a warning message on the private message interface to inform users of this limitation.
  • Concerns are raised about the misleading nature of the preview feature, which shows LaTeX content that may not be visible to the recipient.
  • A later reply mentions that the original designer of the addon did not include functionality for LaTeX in private messages, suggesting a design choice rather than a technical limitation.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express differing views on whether LaTeX support in private messages is a matter of policy or oversight, and there is no consensus on the best course of action regarding this issue.

Contextual Notes

Participants note the absence of LaTeX support in private messages and the implications of this for user experience, but the discussion does not resolve the underlying reasons for this limitation.

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Having read about some of the Latex bugs reported in this forum, I've seen similar symptoms (images from my personal cache instead of the correct ones) when reading private messages from others. I can get the correct image to show by composing a reply to the message then doing a preview message. The correct images then show in the quoted original message. Not only that, but if I then go back to the original message, it now shows the correct images!

Can this bug be fixed?
 
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I don't think we'll be supporting LaTeX in private messages.
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
I don't think we'll be supporting LaTeX in private messages.
This implies LaTeX in PMs is not supported as a matter of policy rather than as an oversight?

If that's true, it would be preferable if
  • there were a warning message on the "Send new private message screen" to say LaTeX is not supported
  • when previewing a PM before sending it, LaTeX were not supported there either -- this gives a false impression, what you see as author is not what the recipient gets
Of course, I'd much prefer it if LaTeX were supported in PMs, unless there's a really good reason not to...
 
DrGreg said:
This implies LaTeX in PMs is not supported as a matter of policy rather than as an oversight?

If that's true, it would be preferable if
  • there were a warning message on the "Send new private message screen" to say LaTeX is not supported
  • when previewing a PM before sending it, LaTeX were not supported there either -- this gives a false impression, what you see as author is not what the recipient gets
Of course, I'd much prefer it if LaTeX were supported in PMs, unless there's a really good reason not to...

Perhaps, thanks for the suggestion. When chroot designed the addon, he simply didn't include PM functionality.
 

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