Latex Problems: Is Anyone Else Experiencing Issues?

[epenguin]

Is anyone else finding problems with how the site is handling Latex?

Firstly I tend not to see be able to see the WYSIWYG version in Preview Post. What I see is I think the first formula I wrote which does not change as I edit it. Only when I actually post do I see what it looks like.

Then I when I edit an post the edited version, nothing has changed, or not all my edits appear. I finally get it right just doing the same thing several times, sometimes I may delete some symbols and then put them back. Eventually they have come right for me, but this thing is so cumbersome and annoying I cannot go on using it.

I do not see how it could be my computer, keyboard or whatever. Has anyone else had these problems?

 

[Gokul43201]

Old problem - no easy fix. The changes you make actually occur, they just don't show up. Quick work around is refresh page after editing/posting changes to LaTeX.

Earlier threads on this issue:
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=419484&highlight=latex+preview
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=406375&highlight=latex+preview
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=175257&highlight=latex+preview

 

[epenguin]

I delayed answering this until I had tried again. I got no better by using the refresh button. It really is very difficult to make it change from what you first wrote. I think I even saved my post in word, edited it there, deleted my post, went out of PF, re-opened PF, pasted in my modified post - and it still did not take on my edits but seemed to remember my previous post or actually made it a bit worse. It took an unconscionable time. It seems other posters have similar difficulty.

Maybe there is some maintenance problem. I cannot imagine anyone selling or giving software that impractical. I shall use the symbols that I and now several posters have in their sigs. which hopefully will cover most needs, though it is not so good-looking. I did not experience this problem when I previously used tex a few months ago. It is now prohibitive to me in time to edit tex and helpers will not use something that seems to waste their time.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

We are currently testing a non image LaTeX solution. See https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=431077