[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #30445: Math formulas displaying oddly

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#30445: Math formulas displaying oddly
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 Reporter:  PCZatDalton   |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  4.1
Component:  Formatting    |     Version:  4.0
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch   |     Focuses:
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Comment (by PCZatDalton):

 Replying to [comment:12 miqrogroove]:
 > PCZatDalton, I suggest installing the Jetpack version of latex.  While
 rmccue is correct that we could hack the core code to change the behavior
 of minus signs, it would not fix the underlying bug in the plugin.

 The problem is, as rmccue points out, that wptexturize is overly
 aggressive. This means that, even if the formula is not processed as
 LaTeX, it still displays incorrectly.

 Our use case is such that this behavior (turning 'x' into the
 multiplication symbol) is rarely, if ever, desired--but I can see how
 others may see it as the more common approach. If the consensus opinion is
 that it is currently behaving correctly, then I'll suggest to the WP Latex
 maintainers to implement the patch that you found, and I'll tell my math
 teachers to update their usage accordingly.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/30445#comment:13>
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