Disable markdown writing assistance inside math / latex environments (disable autoclose bold, italics, link suggestion)

[NegativeOne]

Once you’ve done the above, delete everything above this line.

Steps to reproduce

Inside a fresh vault enable the “Editor > auto pair markdown syntax” option, insert $$ and place the cursor between the $ signs. Type an * or a _.

Expected result

In a math environment, it’s more common for these characters to mean either

• a subscript when using an underscore _
• a complex conjugate (at least in physics) when using a astrisk *

I would there expect obsidian to ignore this feature when inside a math environment.

Actual result

Instead we get two of the character with the cusror placed in between them.

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
	Obsidian version: v1.2.8
	Installer version: v1.2.7
	Operating system: Windows 10 Home 10.0.22621
	Login status: logged in
	Catalyst license: none
	Insider build toggle: off
	Live preview: on
	Legacy editor: off
	Base theme: dark
	Community theme: none
	Snippets enabled: 0
	Restricted mode: on

RECOMMENDATIONS:
	none

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Additional information

I can’t find any discussion of this or a community plugin that would handle this. Regardless, it feels like a bug to me as I would expect a mathjax user to want to insert markdown syntax inside mathjax.

[WhiteNoise]

Moved to Feature request.

This is in the same vein as

Selectively enable/disable autocompletion on codeblocks

Currently obsidian auto-completion/suggestion (for tags and links) works within all codeblocks. ```codeblock While it makes sense on textual blocks, like the one handled by admonition plugin, or query blocks, like the ones handled by obsidian tasks or dataview, it can be quite annoying on pure code codeblocks (python, c, and so on). It would be nice to selectively disable the autosuggestion on code-containing codeblocks.

Make Obsidian's behavior on codeblocks dependent on their type

Currently Obsidian treats all codeblocks in the same way. This has some quirky side effects. It would be better to distinguish between code-containing codeblocks and text-containing codeblocks (ala admonition). In text codeblocks, markdown auto-pairing should be enabled, suggestions should be enabled (tags, links), and linked and unlinked mention should be picked up. In code codeblocks, markdown autopairing should be disabled, markdown suggestions should be disabled (tags, links), and linked …

[JohnAtl]

Use case or problem

The underscore character is used for subscripts in LaTeX expressions. Sometimes Obsidian errantly pairs the underscore with a second underscore, as if it were Markdown.

Proposed solution

Disable markdown pairing within inline LaTeX, or block LaTeX. E.g.
Within a sentence $x_a=1$, or in a block:
$$
x_a=1
$$

Related feature requests

This has been mentioned a couple of times here on the forum, but I don’t see a feature request.

Underscores being paired in the LaTeX environment when following a curly brace

Steps to reproduce Create the following LaTeX block: $$ {a} $$ Observe that if you type an underscore after the curly bracket, it gets auto-paired as the following: $$ {a}__ $$ Observe that if you were to not have curly braces preceding the underscore that it wont be paired: $$ a_ $$ Expected result I expect that when in the LaTeX editing environment, that underscores wont be paired when writing math. It gets annoying to have to delete the duplicate underscore for the speci…

Auto Pair Markdown syntax in Latex Block

Under certain circumstances auto pair Markdown syntax functions inappropriately inside latex blocks. I can verify it happens under the specific case of using ‘\vec{}’, but it may happen under other circumstances. Steps to reproduce Type: $\vec{v}_ Expected result Auto pair Markdown syntax does not work inside a latex block. Actual result Auto pair Markdown syntax adds a second underscore. Environment Operating system: Ubuntu 20.04 Obsidian version: 0.9.7 Additional information I …

[celia-vytrac]

Rather than disabling it completely, I think it should be a separate option nested under “Auto pair Markdown syntax” to enable or disable auto pairing within LaTeX. That way, user’s can choose based on their own preference.