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LaTeXML: a TeX and LaTeX to XML/HTML/ePub/MathML translator.
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aastex `\ion`: Numeral not capitalized #2090

Closed nschloe closed 1 year ago

nschloe commented 1 year ago

MWE:

\documentclass{aastex}
\begin{document}
\ion{Fe}{2}
\end{document}

LaTeX output:

Fe II

LaTeXML output:

  <para xml:id="p1">
    <p>Fe ii</p>
  </para>

(ii not capitalized.)

Perhaps it'd also be worth thinking about applying a no-break space (U+00A0) or narrow no-break space (U+202F) -- even though aastex doesn't do that. (The fundamental question: Should LaTeXML "fix" the LaTeX output, or should it be as faithful as possible?)

dginev commented 1 year ago

The fundamental question: Should LaTeXML "fix" the LaTeX output, or should it be as faithful as possible?

We generally believe we have both freedom and free will in LaTeXML development, but we try to stay faithful to the exact content encoded by the author in the original LaTeX.

That gives us opportunity for all kinds of technical debates in issues and PRs, since the choices are rarely unique. As the web paradigm is a "new target" for a LaTeX document, you'll find anything except PDF.js has to make at least a small number of uncomfortable choices when emitting the final markup.