Support for \[ \] and \( \) math modes about poly-markdown

[vspinu]

Which markdown process supports that syntax? I have used pandoc specification and it does not include the above.

[ahonkela]

It seems to be a pandoc extension tex_math_single_backslash that is enabled in RMarkdown by default (https://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/rmarkdown/versions/1.10/topics/rmarkdown_format) so it would seem to make sense to enable that at least for the markdown+r mode.

[vspinu]

There are 2 pandoc extensions, one for single and one for double backslashed. I am guessing R markdown activates the single backslashed one, or it does both?

[ahonkela]

"By default R Markdown is defined as all pandoc markdown extensions with the following tweaks for backward compatibility with the markdown package:

+autolink_bare_uris
+ascii_identifier
+tex_math_single_backslash"
(https://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/html_document_format#markdown_extensions)

[vspinu]

Well, "all" need not always mean "all", you know;)

Could you please try \\[..\\] and \\(..\\) blocks and see if it does work? I cannot do it myself because it don't even have a good idea of what "does work" means in this context as I never used math in Rmarkdown.

This is mostly out of curiosity. I am unlikely to implement the double backslashed versions unless someone really cannot do without at some point in the future.