Using \( \), \[ \] instead of $...$, $$...$$ fox LaTeX math

[Joon Ro]

Hi,

I just started using notebook, and it looks awesome. Thank you so much for  
your dedicated work. I cannot wait to try using it through a remote  
connection!

Anyway, I was thinking it would be great if it is possible to use \( \),  
\[  \] instead of $...$, $$...$$ in the notebook for the math. Would this  
be easily implementable?

Thank you,
Joon
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[Brian Granger-3]

There are a number of levels that this choice enters in:

* Our display system enforces that latex means $ and $$.  This is
important as it provides a uniform interface for all people who want
to develop custom latex representations of their objects for display
in the notebook.  As time goes on, many third parties will rely on
this convention.
* The configuration of MathJax and matplotlib in the notebook and
qtconsole.  This has to line up with the conventions in the display
system, otherwise things won't work properly.

I think this is one case where it doesn't make sense for this to be
configurable.  Otherwise we can't promise that everyones code will
"just work" in IPython.  Is there a reason you can't use $ and $$?

Cheers,

Brian

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Joon Ro <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just started using notebook, and it looks awesome. Thank you so much for
> your dedicated work. I cannot wait to try using it through a remote
> connection!
>
> Anyway, I was thinking it would be great if it is possible to use \( \),
> \[  \] instead of $...$, $$...$$ in the notebook for the math. Would this
> be easily implementable?
>
> Thank you,
> Joon
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[Joon Ro]

Thank you for the reply.

Actually I was not talking about making it configurable, just additionally  
supporting \(  \) and \[  \] besides $ and $$. As far as I know \(  \) and  
\[  \] are as widely used as $ and $$ for latex math. I'm sorry I said  
"instead of" in the title. Should have used "in addition to." :)

When I first started using latex in several years ago, I saw an  
documentation which recommended using \(  \) and \[  \] instead of $...$  
and $$...$$ somewhere (I don't remember where :)), so I have preferred  
them.

In fact, in the Mathjax documentation  
(http://www.mathjax.org/docs/1.1/start.html), actually it says that "Note  
in particular that the $...$ in-line delimiters are not used by default,"  
because $ sign comes up too frequently in non-mathematical settings.  
Mathjax supports both \[...\] and \(...\) by default. I just tried  
matplotlib and I could use \(  \) there too. (It seems matplotlib does not  
support neither $$ nor \[  \].)

-Joon



On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:17:51 -0600, Brian Granger <[hidden email]>  
wrote:

> There are a number of levels that this choice enters in:
>
> * Our display system enforces that latex means $ and $$.  This is
> important as it provides a uniform interface for all people who want
> to develop custom latex representations of their objects for display
> in the notebook.  As time goes on, many third parties will rely on
> this convention.
> * The configuration of MathJax and matplotlib in the notebook and
> qtconsole.  This has to line up with the conventions in the display
> system, otherwise things won't work properly.
>
> I think this is one case where it doesn't make sense for this to be
> configurable.  Otherwise we can't promise that everyones code will
> "just work" in IPython.  Is there a reason you can't use $ and $$?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Joon Ro <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just started using notebook, and it looks awesome. Thank you so much  
>> for
>> your dedicated work. I cannot wait to try using it through a remote
>> connection!
>>
>> Anyway, I was thinking it would be great if it is possible to use \( \),
>> \[  \] instead of $...$, $$...$$ in the notebook for the math. Would  
>> this
>> be easily implementable?
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Joon
>> _______________________________________________
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>> [hidden email]
>> http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/ipython-dev
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[Brian Granger-3]

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Joon Ro <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Thank you for the reply.
>
> Actually I was not talking about making it configurable, just additionally
> supporting \(  \) and \[  \] besides $ and $$. As far as I know \(  \) and
> \[  \] are as widely used as $ and $$ for latex math. I'm sorry I said
> "instead of" in the title. Should have used "in addition to." :)
>
> When I first started using latex in several years ago, I saw an
> documentation which recommended using \(  \) and \[  \] instead of $...$
> and $$...$$ somewhere (I don't remember where :)), so I have preferred
> them.
>
> In fact, in the Mathjax documentation
> (http://www.mathjax.org/docs/1.1/start.html), actually it says that "Note
> in particular that the $...$ in-line delimiters are not used by default,"
> because $ sign comes up too frequently in non-mathematical settings.
> Mathjax supports both \[...\] and \(...\) by default. I just tried
> matplotlib and I could use \(  \) there too. (It seems matplotlib does not
> support neither $$ nor \[  \].)

If MathJax can support both styles simultaneously let's do that.  Can
you look into if that is possible and submit a pull request to
implement it?

Cheers,

Brian

> -Joon
>
>
>
> On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:17:51 -0600, Brian Granger <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
>> There are a number of levels that this choice enters in:
>>
>> * Our display system enforces that latex means $ and $$.  This is
>> important as it provides a uniform interface for all people who want
>> to develop custom latex representations of their objects for display
>> in the notebook.  As time goes on, many third parties will rely on
>> this convention.
>> * The configuration of MathJax and matplotlib in the notebook and
>> qtconsole.  This has to line up with the conventions in the display
>> system, otherwise things won't work properly.
>>
>> I think this is one case where it doesn't make sense for this to be
>> configurable.  Otherwise we can't promise that everyones code will
>> "just work" in IPython.  Is there a reason you can't use $ and $$?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Joon Ro <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I just started using notebook, and it looks awesome. Thank you so much
>>> for
>>> your dedicated work. I cannot wait to try using it through a remote
>>> connection!
>>>
>>> Anyway, I was thinking it would be great if it is possible to use \( \),
>>> \[  \] instead of $...$, $$...$$ in the notebook for the math. Would
>>> this
>>> be easily implementable?
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Joon
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> IPython-dev mailing list
>>> [hidden email]
>>> http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/ipython-dev
>>
>>
>>
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[Fernando Perez]

On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Brian Granger <[hidden email]> wrote:
> If MathJax can support both styles simultaneously let's do that.  Can
> you look into if that is possible and submit a pull request to
> implement it?

+1

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[Joon Ro]

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:02:07 -0600, Fernando Perez <[hidden email]>  
wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Brian Granger <[hidden email]>  
> wrote:
>> If MathJax can support both styles simultaneously let's do that.  Can
>> you look into if that is possible and submit a pull request to
>> implement it?
>
> +1
>
> f

Will do that. Thanks!

-Joon


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[Joon Ro]

I'm sorry, but could you please tell me where I should look for this?
I tried to find out but it was not apparent to me where those are defined  
in the source.

Thank you,
Joon

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:22:00 -0600, Brian Granger <[hidden email]>  
wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Joon Ro <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Thank you for the reply.
>>
>> Actually I was not talking about making it configurable, just  
>> additionally
>> supporting \(  \) and \[  \] besides $ and $$. As far as I know \(  \)  
>> and
>> \[  \] are as widely used as $ and $$ for latex math. I'm sorry I said
>> "instead of" in the title. Should have used "in addition to." :)
>>
>> When I first started using latex in several years ago, I saw an
>> documentation which recommended using \(  \) and \[  \] instead of $...$
>> and $$...$$ somewhere (I don't remember where :)), so I have preferred
>> them.
>>
>> In fact, in the Mathjax documentation
>> (http://www.mathjax.org/docs/1.1/start.html), actually it says that  
>> "Note
>> in particular that the $...$ in-line delimiters are not used by  
>> default,"
>> because $ sign comes up too frequently in non-mathematical settings.
>> Mathjax supports both \[...\] and \(...\) by default. I just tried
>> matplotlib and I could use \(  \) there too. (It seems matplotlib does  
>> not
>> support neither $$ nor \[  \].)
>
> If MathJax can support both styles simultaneously let's do that.  Can
> you look into if that is possible and submit a pull request to
> implement it?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian
>
>> -Joon
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:17:51 -0600, Brian Granger <[hidden email]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> There are a number of levels that this choice enters in:
>>>
>>> * Our display system enforces that latex means $ and $$.  This is
>>> important as it provides a uniform interface for all people who want
>>> to develop custom latex representations of their objects for display
>>> in the notebook.  As time goes on, many third parties will rely on
>>> this convention.
>>> * The configuration of MathJax and matplotlib in the notebook and
>>> qtconsole.  This has to line up with the conventions in the display
>>> system, otherwise things won't work properly.
>>>
>>> I think this is one case where it doesn't make sense for this to be
>>> configurable.  Otherwise we can't promise that everyones code will
>>> "just work" in IPython.  Is there a reason you can't use $ and $$?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Joon Ro <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I just started using notebook, and it looks awesome. Thank you so much
>>>> for
>>>> your dedicated work. I cannot wait to try using it through a remote
>>>> connection!
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, I was thinking it would be great if it is possible to use \(  
>>>> \),
>>>> \[  \] instead of $...$, $$...$$ in the notebook for the math. Would
>>>> this
>>>> be easily implementable?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>> Joon
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> IPython-dev mailing list
>>>> [hidden email]
>>>> http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/ipython-dev
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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[Brian Granger-3]

Hmm, the MathJax config looks to already have this configured:

https://github.com/ipython/ipython/blob/master/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/notebookmain.js#L18

Can you test if it is working?

Cheers,

Brian

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Joon Ro <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I'm sorry, but could you please tell me where I should look for this?
> I tried to find out but it was not apparent to me where those are defined in
> the source.
>
> Thank you,
> Joon
>
>
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:22:00 -0600, Brian Granger <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Joon Ro <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thank you for the reply.
>>>
>>> Actually I was not talking about making it configurable, just
>>> additionally
>>> supporting \(  \) and \[  \] besides $ and $$. As far as I know \(  \)
>>> and
>>> \[  \] are as widely used as $ and $$ for latex math. I'm sorry I said
>>> "instead of" in the title. Should have used "in addition to." :)
>>>
>>> When I first started using latex in several years ago, I saw an
>>> documentation which recommended using \(  \) and \[  \] instead of $...$
>>> and $$...$$ somewhere (I don't remember where :)), so I have preferred
>>> them.
>>>
>>> In fact, in the Mathjax documentation
>>> (http://www.mathjax.org/docs/1.1/start.html), actually it says that "Note
>>> in particular that the $...$ in-line delimiters are not used by default,"
>>> because $ sign comes up too frequently in non-mathematical settings.
>>> Mathjax supports both \[...\] and \(...\) by default. I just tried
>>> matplotlib and I could use \(  \) there too. (It seems matplotlib does
>>> not
>>> support neither $$ nor \[  \].)
>>
>>
>> If MathJax can support both styles simultaneously let's do that.  Can
>> you look into if that is possible and submit a pull request to
>> implement it?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Brian
>>
>>> -Joon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:17:51 -0600, Brian Granger <[hidden email]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There are a number of levels that this choice enters in:
>>>>
>>>> * Our display system enforces that latex means $ and $$.  This is
>>>> important as it provides a uniform interface for all people who want
>>>> to develop custom latex representations of their objects for display
>>>> in the notebook.  As time goes on, many third parties will rely on
>>>> this convention.
>>>> * The configuration of MathJax and matplotlib in the notebook and
>>>> qtconsole.  This has to line up with the conventions in the display
>>>> system, otherwise things won't work properly.
>>>>
>>>> I think this is one case where it doesn't make sense for this to be
>>>> configurable.  Otherwise we can't promise that everyones code will
>>>> "just work" in IPython.  Is there a reason you can't use $ and $$?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Brian
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Joon Ro <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I just started using notebook, and it looks awesome. Thank you so much
>>>>> for
>>>>> your dedicated work. I cannot wait to try using it through a remote
>>>>> connection!
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, I was thinking it would be great if it is possible to use \(
>>>>> \),
>>>>> \[  \] instead of $...$, $$...$$ in the notebook for the math. Would
>>>>> this
>>>>> be easily implementable?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>> Joon
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> IPython-dev mailing list
>>>>> [hidden email]
>>>>> http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/ipython-dev
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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[Joon Ro]

You are right. Actually, if I change \(  \) to \\(  \\) in a markdown  
cell, it works.

It seems this is caused by markdown parses those things, and regards them  
as its formatting syntax.

It is affecting not only \[  \] stuff but also some other math expressions.
For example, the following does not work:

$$ \underline{x}_{1} x_{2} $$

It works after escaping the first _ with \_:

$$ \underline{x}\_{1} x_{2} $$

I wonder if there is a way to parse math stuff independently from the  
markdown texts.
I found a discussion about this:  
http://doswa.com/2011/07/20/mathjax-in-markdown.html

Thank you,
Joon



On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:22:39 -0600, Brian Granger <[hidden email]>  
wrote:

> Hmm, the MathJax config looks to already have this configured:
>
> https://github.com/ipython/ipython/blob/master/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/notebookmain.js#L18
>
> Can you test if it is working?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian
>
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Joon Ro <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> I'm sorry, but could you please tell me where I should look for this?
>> I tried to find out but it was not apparent to me where those are  
>> defined in
>> the source.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Joon
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:22:00 -0600, Brian Granger <[hidden email]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Joon Ro <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for the reply.
>>>>
>>>> Actually I was not talking about making it configurable, just
>>>> additionally
>>>> supporting \(  \) and \[  \] besides $ and $$. As far as I know \(  \)
>>>> and
>>>> \[  \] are as widely used as $ and $$ for latex math. I'm sorry I said
>>>> "instead of" in the title. Should have used "in addition to." :)
>>>>
>>>> When I first started using latex in several years ago, I saw an
>>>> documentation which recommended using \(  \) and \[  \] instead of  
>>>> $...$
>>>> and $$...$$ somewhere (I don't remember where :)), so I have preferred
>>>> them.
>>>>
>>>> In fact, in the Mathjax documentation
>>>> (http://www.mathjax.org/docs/1.1/start.html), actually it says that  
>>>> "Note
>>>> in particular that the $...$ in-line delimiters are not used by  
>>>> default,"
>>>> because $ sign comes up too frequently in non-mathematical settings.
>>>> Mathjax supports both \[...\] and \(...\) by default. I just tried
>>>> matplotlib and I could use \(  \) there too. (It seems matplotlib does
>>>> not
>>>> support neither $$ nor \[  \].)
>>>
>>>
>>> If MathJax can support both styles simultaneously let's do that.  Can
>>> you look into if that is possible and submit a pull request to
>>> implement it?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>>> -Joon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:17:51 -0600, Brian Granger  
>>>> <[hidden email]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> There are a number of levels that this choice enters in:
>>>>>
>>>>> * Our display system enforces that latex means $ and $$.  This is
>>>>> important as it provides a uniform interface for all people who want
>>>>> to develop custom latex representations of their objects for display
>>>>> in the notebook.  As time goes on, many third parties will rely on
>>>>> this convention.
>>>>> * The configuration of MathJax and matplotlib in the notebook and
>>>>> qtconsole.  This has to line up with the conventions in the display
>>>>> system, otherwise things won't work properly.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think this is one case where it doesn't make sense for this to be
>>>>> configurable.  Otherwise we can't promise that everyones code will
>>>>> "just work" in IPython.  Is there a reason you can't use $ and $$?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Brian
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Joon Ro <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just started using notebook, and it looks awesome. Thank you so  
>>>>>> much
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> your dedicated work. I cannot wait to try using it through a remote
>>>>>> connection!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyway, I was thinking it would be great if it is possible to use \(
>>>>>> \),
>>>>>> \[  \] instead of $...$, $$...$$ in the notebook for the math. Would
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> be easily implementable?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>> Joon
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> IPython-dev mailing list
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>>>>>> http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/ipython-dev
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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[Brian Granger-3]

Joon,

On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Joon Ro <[hidden email]> wrote:
> You are right. Actually, if I change \(  \) to \\(  \\) in a markdown cell,
> it works.


OK, this is good to know.

> It seems this is caused by markdown parses those things, and regards them as
> its formatting syntax.
>
> It is affecting not only \[  \] stuff but also some other math expressions.
> For example, the following does not work:
>
> $$ \underline{x}_{1} x_{2} $$
>
> It works after escaping the first _ with \_:
>
> $$ \underline{x}\_{1} x_{2} $$

Ahh, that is a bummer and we should fix that.

> I wonder if there is a way to parse math stuff independently from the
> markdown texts.
> I found a discussion about this:
> http://doswa.com/2011/07/20/mathjax-in-markdown.html

Can you open github issue for this and put in this link?

Cheers,

Brian

> Thank you,
> Joon
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:22:39 -0600, Brian Granger <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hmm, the MathJax config looks to already have this configured:
>>
>>
>> https://github.com/ipython/ipython/blob/master/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/notebookmain.js#L18
>>
>> Can you test if it is working?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Joon Ro <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm sorry, but could you please tell me where I should look for this?
>>> I tried to find out but it was not apparent to me where those are defined
>>> in
>>> the source.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Joon
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:22:00 -0600, Brian Granger <[hidden email]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Joon Ro <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for the reply.
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually I was not talking about making it configurable, just
>>>>> additionally
>>>>> supporting \(  \) and \[  \] besides $ and $$. As far as I know \(  \)
>>>>> and
>>>>> \[  \] are as widely used as $ and $$ for latex math. I'm sorry I said
>>>>> "instead of" in the title. Should have used "in addition to." :)
>>>>>
>>>>> When I first started using latex in several years ago, I saw an
>>>>> documentation which recommended using \(  \) and \[  \] instead of
>>>>> $...$
>>>>> and $$...$$ somewhere (I don't remember where :)), so I have preferred
>>>>> them.
>>>>>
>>>>> In fact, in the Mathjax documentation
>>>>> (http://www.mathjax.org/docs/1.1/start.html), actually it says that
>>>>> "Note
>>>>> in particular that the $...$ in-line delimiters are not used by
>>>>> default,"
>>>>> because $ sign comes up too frequently in non-mathematical settings.
>>>>> Mathjax supports both \[...\] and \(...\) by default. I just tried
>>>>> matplotlib and I could use \(  \) there too. (It seems matplotlib does
>>>>> not
>>>>> support neither $$ nor \[  \].)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If MathJax can support both styles simultaneously let's do that.  Can
>>>> you look into if that is possible and submit a pull request to
>>>> implement it?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Brian
>>>>
>>>>> -Joon
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:17:51 -0600, Brian Granger <[hidden email]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> There are a number of levels that this choice enters in:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * Our display system enforces that latex means $ and $$.  This is
>>>>>> important as it provides a uniform interface for all people who want
>>>>>> to develop custom latex representations of their objects for display
>>>>>> in the notebook.  As time goes on, many third parties will rely on
>>>>>> this convention.
>>>>>> * The configuration of MathJax and matplotlib in the notebook and
>>>>>> qtconsole.  This has to line up with the conventions in the display
>>>>>> system, otherwise things won't work properly.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think this is one case where it doesn't make sense for this to be
>>>>>> configurable.  Otherwise we can't promise that everyones code will
>>>>>> "just work" in IPython.  Is there a reason you can't use $ and $$?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brian
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Joon Ro <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just started using notebook, and it looks awesome. Thank you so
>>>>>>> much
>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>> your dedicated work. I cannot wait to try using it through a remote
>>>>>>> connection!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyway, I was thinking it would be great if it is possible to use \(
>>>>>>> \),
>>>>>>> \[  \] instead of $...$, $$...$$ in the notebook for the math. Would
>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>> be easily implementable?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>> Joon
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[Joon Ro]

> Can you open github issue for this and put in this link?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian
>

Done!

Best,
-Joon
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Thanks!

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 6:29 AM, Joon Ro <[hidden email]> wrote:

>> Can you open github issue for this and put in this link?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Brian
>>
>
> Done!
>
> Best,
> -Joon

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