Re: [PATCH] Don't fill displayed equations

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Timothy <tecosaur@gmail.com> writes:

> Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
>
>> I strongly disagree with this. \[...\] is an inline element, not a block
>> element. As such, it can be filled, and filling function should obey to
>> the inner structure of the document.
>>
>> You can use a real block element here, e.g.,
>> \begin{equation*}...\end{equation*}, which will not be filled.
>
> Given that \[ ... \] is an alias for \begin{equation*} ...
> \end{equation*}

This is true in LaTeX, not in Org, obviously.

> I don't see why it should be treated any differently
> when filling.

As I wrote above, they do not belong to the same category of syntax.
There's no reason to special case \[...\]. 

Filling is a red herring, its outcome depends on the syntax of the
underlying object, as expected. So, as long as \[...\] is an inline
element, it should be filled.

Regards,