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StevenLandsburg comments on "Tex Issue" (14347)

StevenLandsburg — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:56:34 -0700

an_mo_user: Thanks! This solved the problem.

an_mo_user comments on "Tex Issue" (14346)

an_mo_user — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:47:01 -0700

I am not sure this will resolve your issue, but it might.
For certain, and I believe in particular if sub and/or superscripts are used, tex-commands it is needed to place them into back-ticks like this `$ a_b^2 $` (at the start and the end the same ` and not ' ).

The rough reason is, and I do not know the precise one, that two programs try to process the source and one needs to prevent one of them with the ticks to 'destroy' the tex.

StevenLandsburg comments on "Tex Issue" (14345)

StevenLandsburg — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:21:23 -0700

Can someone explain to me why LaTex is ignoring some of my dollar signs in this answer?

The problem was cropping up in several places; I managed to solve most of with small edits, though I have no idea why those edits worked. One remains unresolved.