I'd like to suggest an improvement on the rendering of TeX mathematics. Add support for in-line math to differentiate it from display math.

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rosey · Answer

u should b a fan of me kit :)

shadowfiend · Answer

You can already do inline mathematical rendering; however, you cannot do it with the standard TeX $ $ delimiters to avoid confusion with regular $ signs in the less-controlled environment of text replies. Instead you should use the LaTeX delimiters, \ ( and \ ) (without spaces). These will render inline equations, while $$ will still work properly, as well as the LaTeX \ [ and \ ] delimiters, for display mode math.

anonymous · Answer

This is inline math $E=mc^2$
This is display math $$E=mc^2$$
Perfect! Thanks! :)

shadowfiend · Answer

No problem :)

anonymous · Answer

I just thought of this now: Perhaps make it more obvious to those who don't know TeX by adding buttons for "Inline equation" and "Display equation" :)

shadowfiend · Answer

We'll look into it. Generally we find that people who aren't familiar with TeX don't care and probably wouldn't distinguish between the two anyway :)