How to enter a formula directly in edit in visual mode?

[jhong-tao]

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How to enter a formula directly in edit in visual mode?

The current issue is that when I try to directly enter inline math in “Edit in Visual Mode”—for example, I type “$x$“—the editor automatically changes it to "\$x\$". In other words, what I intended to be inline math is automatically converted to plain text by the editor. This makes it very difficult to write formulas directly.

Is there a setting in “Edit in Visual Mode” that allows me to disable this automatic correction of special characters, so I can input formulas more conveniently without having to use the toolbar every time to insert them? Or is it just that I haven’t found where to configure this option?

I would love a setting to disable this auto-escaping behavior, so that I can directly input math expressions (like $x^2 + y^2 = z^2$) without relying on the toolbar or keyboard shortcuts.

This would greatly improve efficiency for users who are comfortable writing LaTeX math directly.

Thanks!

[mcanouil]

No, there isn't and very unlikely to happen because it would require a way more complex logic to distinguish when to escape or not.
For example, if you are typing US dollars multiple times in a sentence, your request would mean the user would have to escape them which then is "source mode" and no longer "visual mode" as they have to think about escaping.

Use source editor if you really want to type the special characters and control escaping.

Note that this repository is about Quarto CLI, not the visual editor.

[jhong-tao]

Thank you for your reply. I have just used this tool, but I do not understand it. Thank you