Hmm I think we're speaking past each other. The point was the the manual 
section (Extension: `tex_math_dollars`) described what happens to $...$ - 
that is it's interpreted as TeX inline math. Before the manual said that it 
was going to appear as $...$ for inline math and $$...$$ for display math 
for LaTeX *output*, but for LaTeX output, the TeX syntax is actually 
converted into the LaTeX syntax (\(...\) and \[...\]). So the manual wasn't 
truthful. But jgm already made the change, so I think he agreed.

The section of the manual I quoted did deal with the delimiters of the 
LaTeX output. Perhaps we were talking about two different segments of the 
manual. Anyway it's fixed now, so it's all good :)

On Monday, 25 June 2018 21:01:17 UTC+2, Kolen Cheung wrote:
>
> (In resonse to a private email) Also note that by using GFM, it doesn't 
> "fix anything". If my guess is correct, it is because the GFM reader 
> doesn't parse the math equation and hence leaving it as is. But, if you 
> math equation contains anything that GFM parses (any markdown syntax), then 
> you won't get a verbatim output in the LaTeX format. 
>
> In general, just embrace what the parser do (changing `$...$` to 
> `\(...\)`). This is the recommended way to do things in LaTeX. We aren't 
> targetting TeX but LaTeX, and unless you really want TeX primitives, stick 
> with the LaTeX conventions and recommendations. 
>
> On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 7:56:54 AM UTC-7, Gandalf Saxe wrote: 
> > Manual says: 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > TeX math will be printed in all output formats. How it is rendered 
> depends on the output format:Markdown, LaTeX, Emacs Org mode, ConTeXt, 
> ZimWikiIt will appear verbatim between $ characters. 
> > 
> > 
> > However converting inline math `$...$` from markdown to LaTeX, converts 
> it to `\(...\)` syntax. Am I misunderstanding the manual or should this be 
> updated? 
> > 
> > 
> > Example .md input: 
> > `This is a simple inline $e=mc^2$  math.` 
> > 
> > 
> > Example command: 
> > `pandoc test.md -o test.tex` 
> > 
> > 
> > Example .tex output: 
> > `This is a simple inline \(e=mc^2\) math.` 
>
>

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