Re: +tex_math_dollars, reveal and mathjax (Was: ANN: pandoc 2.0)

[John MACFARLANE <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>]

This probably has to do with

https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/3743

We now use the reveal.js mathjax plugin.  And my guess is
that it, unlike the reveal.js configuration we use
for HTML, scans the whole document for $'s and treats
sections within $ as math.

Indeed, you can see this here:
https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js/blob/master/plugin/math/math.js

     inlineMath: [['$','$'],['\\(','\\)']] ,

Unfortunately, this doesn't seem configurable!  In our
template we set some options, but the mathjax plugin's
loadScript inserts the tex2jax stuff regardless of the
options.

I'd like to find a good solution to this.  For your
purposes, you could modify the revealjs template so it
uses regular mathjax rather than the plugin (use the
HTML template to guide you).  Or just modify it to point
to a local version of the mathjax source, and modify
the math plugin in that version.


+++ Joseph Reagle [Nov 01 17 17:37 ]:
>I have long used +tex_math_dollars and used it for equations in my documents, especially slides.
>In the past the following escaping worked fine.
>
>```
>-  Get a writing and style manual, it's a worthwhile \$19 investment given the \$\$\$ you are paying for school.
>```
>
>This works fine in normal HTML, but it in reveal.js the rendering is broken:
>
><http://reagle.org/joseph/talks/edu/writing-feedback-rubric-composition.html#/tips-2>
>
>I am not sure what changed.
>
>How should I now escape dollar signs for rendering my reveal+mathjax?
>
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