MacDownApp / MacDownApp/macdown
smartypants rendering in tex math block
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Description
I did not even realize transforming (C) was a part of smartypants, but apparently it is. I have this in a few of my equations, and they are turning into copyright symbols. This suggest that smartypants is transforming text found in my latex-like math blocks. Which for me is undersirable, but I imagine it would be undesirable for most. Equation blocks should be processed by MathJax (or alternative), and preserved from all other processing.
With smartypants on:
With smartypants off:
also \ escaping does not seem to work...
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue with smartypants enabled using a (C) sequence inside a LaTeX-like equation block, and compare it with smartypants disabled. Trace the Markdown rendering path around smartypants and MathJax handling; done means equation blocks preserve their contents from smartypants processing and backslash escaping behaves as expected.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- markdown
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100