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markdown-it / markdown-it-sup

Superscript (<sup>) tag plugin for markdown-it markdown parser
https://markdown-it.github.io/
MIT License
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markdown mixed with latex, alternative separators #2

Closed Netsaver closed 5 years ago

Netsaver commented 5 years ago

Hi, I'm using a Tiddlywiki's plugin for markdown (Anstosa's one), which I mix with latex, based on markdown-it (a part from a wrapper calling markdown-it modules, all these modules are original). Well, unfortunately markdown-it sup and sub plugins seem to be incompatible with latex code as ^ and _ symbols are used for a similar purpose in equations: ${ (A^p)^{-1} = (AA^{p-1})^{-1} =... rendering this way: (Ap)= (AA{p-1})=.
So the question is: is it possible to change sup and sub delimiters, e.g. doubling them, as in: H__2__0, a^^2^^ + b^^2^^=c^^2^^ ? Thanks and regards, Paul Netsaver, Rome

puzrin commented 5 years ago

I'm not sure that understand your question. If you propose to change defaults, answer is "no", because current markup is well known convention. If you wish to have customized version - nobody can prohibit you to do so.

Also, probably your latex plugin should be fixed to not allow markdown markup inside. See this example. ^ inside inlined code block is ok.

Netsaver commented 5 years ago

I also think that best solution would be inhibit markdown inside latex code. The point is that latex plugin does not lies on markdown, but on a third environment not including markdown. So latex was one of the first plugins and markdown followed later (one of the last is markdown-it based). I don't know the sequence, but I suppose markdown parsing is applied before latex, so I think markdown plugin should be adapted to avoid latex delimited sections. Thanks anyway.