LaTeX Pop-Ups: Copy-and-Pasteable Syntax?

[ehrenfest]

The LaTex pop-up that results from clicking on a LaTeX block sometimes has syntax different from the original post for example,

$$\psi(x,t) = \int{U(x,t;xsingle-quote,tsingle-quote)\psi(xsingle-quote,tsingle-quote)dxsingle-quote}$$ is from recent post of mine.

It would be nice if all of those LaTex pop-ups were copy-and-pastable :)

 

[VietDao29]

The LaTex pop-up that results from clicking on a LaTeX block sometimes has syntax different from the original post for example,

$$\psi(x,t) = \int{U(x,t;xsingle-quote,tsingle-quote)\psi(xsingle-quote,tsingle-quote)dxsingle-quote}$$
is from recent post of mine.

It would be nice if all of those LaTex pop-ups were copy-and-pastable :)

What do you mean by different? To me, they look axactly the same. Your syntax in the post, and the pop-up (you can quote ur self, or edit the post to see the syntax) are identical.

I'm not very sure if I understand you correctly. =.="

 

[ehrenfest]

Yes I probably explained that a bit unclearly. I went to the following page
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=177059 and copied a Latex block from that post and pasted it here in order to show how copying and pasting can mess up you're LaTeX. However, to see how the syntax in a pop-up can give you a different result than the original compare my first latex block in this thread to my first latex block in the linked thread and see that the pop-up gives the same result. I think it is just the " ' "s that are different.

 

[VietDao29]

Ah, yes, I got it.

Well, I noticed that a while ago. Whenever, you type in 's in your LaTeX, it'll be shown as single-quote when you try to see the syntax by clicking on it. However, when you quote it, it'll show you exactly how it was written, i.e the 's. So instead of clicking, and pasting. You can try quoting instead.

 

[-Job-]

I believe the reason for this is a security issue we had a while back.
We should be replacing single quote characters with & #39; (no space after the &) which renders as ' and is safe.

 

[CompuChip]

Wasn't there a \prime ($\prime$) command in LaTeX?

 

[Schrodinger's Dog]

Not related, but I haven't got my head around spacing in latex, how do you introduce a space, I can see how to align text but not to introduce a blank.

 

[ranger]

Not related, but I haven't got my head around spacing in latex, how do you introduce a space, I can see how to align text but not to introduce a blank.

Just use a "\" between each word as in This\ is\ how\ to\ add a\ whitespace\ in\ Latex
$$This\ is\ how\ to\ add\ a\ whitespace\ in\ Latex$$

 

[Schrodinger's Dog]

Just use a "\" between each word as in This\ is\ how\ to\ add a\ whitespace\ in\ Latex
$$This\ is\ how\ to\ add\ a\ whitespace\ in\ Latex$$

Ah $$thank\ you$$ very helpful.

test

$$\int {x^2}\ dx\rightarrow \frac{1}{3}\ x^3\ +\ c$$

 

[Dr Transport]

Not related, but I haven't got my head around spacing in latex, how do you introduce a space, I can see how to align text but not to introduce a blank.

here is how to add spaces in LaTex...

small \,

medium \:

large\;

quad \quad

double quad \qquad

 

[robphy]

I think we're in math mode, by default:

ab
$$ab$$

a b
$$a b$$

a\ b
$$a\ b$$

a\!b
$$a\!b$$ a negative thin space

a\hspace{1in}b
$$a\hspace{1in}b$$

a\hspace{1in}b\hspace{-.5in}c
$$a\hspace{1in}b\hspace{-.5in}c$$

 

[CompuChip]

don't forget, you can use the \text command if you $$\text{just want to make text, which looks better} than\ text\ with\ manual\ spacing\ in\ \mu\forall\theta\,\mathcal{M}\circ\mathrm{d}\epsilon$$.

 

[neutrino]

don't forget, you can use the \text command if you $$\text{just want to make text, which looks better} than\ text\ with\ manual\ spacing\ in\ \mu\forall\theta\,\mathcal{M}\circ\mathrm{d}\epsilon$$.

Nice. Thanks. I think we can now make all posts look like textbooks.

 

[chroot]

I believe the reason for this is a security issue we had a while back.
We should be replacing single quote characters with & #39; (no space after the &) which renders as ' and is safe.

This is not an option without rewriting part of the vB code so that HTML escapes are preserved as escapes in quotes.

- Warren

 

[-Job-]

I think that won't be an issue if you do the replacement when displaying a post, rather than when posting.

 

[chroot]

That won't work either, because JavaScript will actually interpet HTML escapes in statements being executed, too. They may be a way to turn that "feature" off, but, if there is, I don't know it.

- Warren

 

[Schrodinger's Dog]

Nice. Thanks. I think we can now make all posts look like textbooks.

Indeed thanks a lot for all the answers. Now my latex will look polished

 

[makc]

This is not an option without rewriting part of the vB code so that HTML escapes are preserved as escapes in quotes.

Check here: $$f"$$, this replaces " with &quote; you could also simply replace ' with \' just before writing whatever is there after document.write(', or even change it to document.write(" since " are already escaped (that is, if there are no " in tags).

If you are willing to show us relevant parts of code, I might be able to suggest the most transparent fix.