Message editor problems quoting double dollar LaTex

[Stephen Tashi]

In replying to the thread https://www.physicsforums.com/threa...ormulations-of-both-data-set-measures.997795/ I had trouble quoting the original post in the message editor. The preview didn't show Latex that was delimited with double dollar signs. I had to change them to double hash marks.

 

[fresh_42]

It works fine for me, reply as well as quote.

 

[jim mcnamara]

@Greg Bernhardt indicated that double dollar has been permanently left in, so we can read posts originally written using double dollar. Some other factor is at play. Greg?

 

[Stephen Tashi]

The problem I had didn't involve quoting the entire original post. I was quoting excerpts.

 

[fresh_42]

The problem I had didn't involve quoting the entire original post. I was quoting excerpts.

This is a known phenomenon. If you quote excerpts, then MathJax marks are often lost. @Greg Bernhardt explained it (a technical reason) in another thread but I have forgotten where and why. If you don't want to correct the code, then it's best to reply to the entire post and delete what isn't needed for your reply. I have the shortcut [/Quote]<my comment>

on the keyboard which allows me to insert comments in between.