LaTeX Post editor double-pastes LaTeX

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When quoting posts in the forum, users encounter an issue where LaTeX content is pasted twice: once as an image or special characters and again as the LaTeX source code. This redundancy occurs specifically when using the text-marking method to quote, while the "reply" or "+Quote" options do not present this problem. Users express a desire for a solution that allows only the LaTeX source to be pasted, eliminating the need to manually delete the extra content each time. The current workaround requires cutting and pasting the entire post, which complicates the quoting process, especially when responding to multiple statements. The discussion highlights the need for a more efficient quoting mechanism that preserves the integrity of LaTeX formatting.
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This is not a major gripe, but when quotes are automatically pasted into the post editor, anything that was LaTeX in the post being quoted gets pasted twice, once as either an image or roughly equivalent special characters, and once as the LaTeX source from the original post. Is there a way to eliminate the image/special characters and just have the LaTeX source pasted? It's annoying to have to go through and delete the other stuff every time.
 
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This just happens if you quote it by marking the text I think. Using "reply" or "+Quote" should not have this issue.
Getting the LaTeX source code with marking the text would be perfect.

Edit: Here are some parts to test:
##a^2+b^2=5##
Regular text again.
\LaTeX
More regular text.
 
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mfb said:
Using "reply" or "+Quote" should not have this issue

It does for me.
 
I mean those buttons at the lower right side of each post. I just saw the text-mark-things have the same labels but work differently. With them, I get the exact source code of the quoted post (minus quotes in it).
mfb said:
Edit: Here are some parts to test:

##a^2+b^2=5##

\LaTeX
 
mfb said:
I mean those buttons at the lower right side of each post.

Yes, but then I have to cut and paste the entire post to take out the parts I don't want to quote, and to separate the quotes into multiple blocks if I'm responding to different statements. That's more of a pain than just deleting the extra copy of the LaTeX stuff.
 

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