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title="UNCONFIRMED - Formula editor should allow Latex notation"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119449">119449</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>Formula editor should allow Latex notation
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<th>Product</th>
<td>LibreOffice
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<th>Version</th>
<td>6.1.0.3 release
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>All
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<th>OS</th>
<td>All
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<th>Status</th>
<td>UNCONFIRMED
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>enhancement
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>medium
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<th>Component</th>
<td>Formula Editor
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>brian.bj.parker99@gmail.com
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<pre>Description:
The syntax used to enter math equations in LO formula is apparently based on
the largely obsolete troff eqn preprocessor.
For example:
x sup y sub z
Latex syntax is the standard format used to enter equations in modern
applications, including Microsoft Word, wikipedia, mathjax etc.
Surprisingly, LO syntax also allows some latex notation, for example:
x^y_z
which gives the same superscript and subscript as the above example.
However, most other latex constructs fail e.g. \Lambda as the latex equivalent
of %LAMBDA.
As an enhancement request, the LO Formula editor math syntax should be expanded
to include all standard Latex forms (including AMS-Latex) as synonyms. I can't
see any fundamental ambiguities that would prevent this from being almost fully
backwards compatible.
This would allow published latex formulae to be cut and pasted directly in LO
presentations etc. and would increase compatibility with Microsoft Word.
Actual Results:
For example \Lambda is not accepted in the formula editor.
Expected Results:
Expected the same result as %LAMBDA
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:</pre>
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