[OS X TeX] New Version of CommandCompletion.txt for TeXShop

Will Robertson will at guerilla.net.au
Thu Sep 30 05:14:39 CEST 2004


On 30 Sep 2004, at 12:25 PM, Herb Schulz wrote:
>
> Is there some reason you believe that $...$ is more robust?

Well, I've traced down why I thought so: David Kastrup wrote on 
comp.text.tex the following:

> You have to be aware that $ is robust, while \(...\) is not.  That is, 
> if you say something like
>    \section{\(E=mc^2\)}
> it will barf, whereas the version with $...$ works fine.

While I haven't checked it, I'd believe him.

Will

PS I like using \( and \) for \left( and \right) respectively.

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