Bug 75307 - $$..$$ should not be used
Summary: $$..$$ should not be used
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kile
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: FreeBSD Ports Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeroen Wijnhout
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Reported: 2004-02-15 20:56 UTC by Tilman Keskinöz
Modified: 2004-02-21 16:23 UTC (History)
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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