I have long wondered why there is no piece of software that typesets ASCII math -like people used to write before tex.
In my view tex is great but $ signs for instance should really be facultative. Even many equations should naturally be displayed by the word processor. I'd like to write say: "Let (x,y)\in R^2 be a solution of x^2+bxy+x=0 y^4-yx=0" and have it typeset in a reasonable way as if I had put the dollar signs, the \mathbb, and the equation display in latex. I do not need full control of my output I just want it to look like reasonably written math.
More generally what is the fastest/shortest way to type math to get a tex-like output?
Thanks alot.
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. Period. Alternatively you need to use a different interpreter... something like Pandoc. – Werner Jun 12 '15 at 19:09x
typeset with the same fonts. – Sigur Jun 12 '15 at 19:15Let I be ...
how is the system going to convert it toLet $I$ be ...
? – Joseph Wright♦ Jun 12 '15 at 19:16a
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as a math variable? You almost certainly will have to provide some way of indicating what you want rather than relying solely on some form of automation. – Werner Jun 12 '15 at 19:16