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Scott Morrison comments on "Preview in meta forum software is also misleading" (670)http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/63/preview-in-meta-forum-software-is-also-misleading/?Focus=670#Comment_6702009-11-28T21:58:57-08:002018-11-04T13:44:13-08:00Scott Morrisonhttp://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/3/
Done.
Scott Morrison comments on "Preview in meta forum software is also misleading" (669)http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/63/preview-in-meta-forum-software-is-also-misleading/?Focus=669#Comment_6692009-11-28T21:58:50-08:002018-11-04T13:44:13-08:00Scott Morrisonhttp://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/3/
testing, testing, $$a=b$$
David Speyer comments on "Preview in meta forum software is also misleading" (660)http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/63/preview-in-meta-forum-software-is-also-misleading/?Focus=660#Comment_6602009-11-26T00:54:10-08:002018-11-04T13:44:13-08:00David Speyerhttp://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/23/
I agree, let's turn it off.
I agree, let's turn it off.
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Andrew Stacey comments on "Preview in meta forum software is also misleading" (649)http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/63/preview-in-meta-forum-software-is-also-misleading/?Focus=649#Comment_6492009-11-25T11:23:43-08:002018-11-04T13:44:13-08:00Andrew Staceyhttp://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/4/
Given that you don't use it, I'd advise turning it off. I'd be quite interesting in knowing why it didn't work, but that's probably an email discussion than a forum discussion.
Given that you don't use it, I'd advise turning it off. I'd be quite interesting in knowing why it didn't work, but that's probably an email discussion than a forum discussion.
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Anton Geraschenko comments on "Preview in meta forum software is also misleading" (647)http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/63/preview-in-meta-forum-software-is-also-misleading/?Focus=647#Comment_6472009-11-25T10:02:11-08:002018-11-04T13:44:13-08:00Anton Geraschenkohttp://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/2/
This is because when we set up meta.MO, we didn't ever get mathematical markup working. Since we don't ever write math here, I think we should just turn off our half-baked attempt.
A workaround: ...
This is because when we set up meta.MO, we didn't ever get mathematical markup working. Since we don't ever write math here, I think we should just turn off our half-baked attempt.
A workaround: when you want a $, type $
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David Speyer comments on "Preview in meta forum software is also misleading" (644)http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/63/preview-in-meta-forum-software-is-also-misleading/?Focus=644#Comment_6442009-11-25T09:10:19-08:002018-11-04T13:44:13-08:00David Speyerhttp://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/23/
I don't think that you should fix this, because only a dozen or so of us use the meta forum, but you should know that the previews you get here are also not always right. I don't have time to type a ...
Set "Format comments as text." Type SSa=bSS, except with the capital S's replaced by dollar signs. I have done this below
<latex>a=b</latex>
In the preview, they are displayed as dollarsigns (as I would expect, since markdown is turned off.) But, when you save changes, the first double dollar sign is changed to "<latex>" and the second to "</latex>". Moreover, this is not just a display problem; if you go back and edit the post, the double dollar signs will be changed there too! (To my mind, this is terrible design. Sanitize my input however you want for display and processing, but store my original characters, dammit!)
I have tried using Markdown's code setting as a work-around, but I couldn't find a way to get this to work either. At the moment, I have no idea how to get you to see the string of characters that would be obtained in a normal text editor by hitting "Shift-4, Shift-4, a, =, b, Shift-4, Shift-4".]]>