Bug 75307

Summary:	$$..$$ should not be used
Product:	[Applications] kile	Reporter:	Tilman Keskinöz <tilman>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Jeroen Wijnhout <spam>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	FreeBSD Ports
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Tilman Keskinöz 2004-02-15 20:56:38 UTC

Version:           1.6.1 (using KDE KDE 3.2.0)
Installed from:    FreeBSD Ports

In Menu LaTeX -> Math is an entry for inserting $$..$$. 
$$..$$ should not be used in LaTeX documents.

See ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/info/l2tabu/english/l2tabuen.pdf
Nr. 1.6 for details.

Replace it with \[ and \]

Comment 1 Jeroen Wijnhout 2004-02-15 21:04:12 UTC

Thanks for the info, the bug is fixed now in CVS (will be in 1.6.2 as well).

best,
Jeroen

Comment 2 Jorge Adriano 2004-02-21 12:54:41 UTC

What about "$"? Is it ok? It's also TeX, the LaTeX commands are \( and \) or \begin{math} and \end{math}. Just asking because keeping $ and not $$ seems inconsistent... but then again, I know I'd miss it a lot...

J.A.

Comment 3 Jeroen Wijnhout 2004-02-21 16:23:38 UTC

The 'LaTeX hall of shame' doesn't mention anything bad about $...$, only about $$...$$. True, it seems inconsistent. But how many of you actually use \( \) instead of $..$, guess usability wins in this case.

best,
Jeroen