[Ipe-discuss] How to stop IPE from changing text from normal to math and removing $?

[Otfried Cheong]

This is a new feature in 7.2.6 (previous versions didn't have textstyle
for labels).     In previous versions it was the other way round:  If
you created an object in math mode ($), Ipe would silently add dollar
signs around the text when you edit it.    With the new math style, you
get a cleaner text to edit.

There is currently no way to work around this, except to set a style
that is different from "normal".     You could make a style "plain"
(which does nothing) and use that for your labels, then Ipe would not
remove the dollar signs.

Cheers,
 Otfried

On Thu, Nov 17, 2016, at 08:12, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
> Hello;
> 
> IPE 7.2.6 on windows.
> 
> I googled this, but do not see something now, and thought to ask.
> 
> When I first click on Text Lable (L), the window that
> comes up, says this
> 
> ----------------------------------------
> Edit Latex source   NORMAL    NORMAL
> ----------------------------------------
> 
> I then type this in the small window
> 
> $x$
> 
> and click OK. And save. When I later right-click on the text
> and say edit text, I see that IPE removed the $ signs! and
> now it says
> 
> ----------------------------------------
> Edit Latex source   MATH    NORMAL
> ----------------------------------------
> x
> 
> But I do not want this. I want to keep the $$ signs as I typed
> them. The reason is, may be I want to later add some
> plain text next to the math I had there. Now with
> the $$ removed, it gets confusing.
> 
> Could one tell IPE to please keep things as I typed them
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> Edit Latex source   NORMAL    NORMAL
> $x$
> ---------------------------------------------
> 
> And not change it to
> --------------------------------------------
> Edit Latex source   MATH    NORMAL
> x
> ---------------------------------------------
> 
> Is this new feature in 7.2.6 or was it always like this?
> 
> Thank you
> --Nasser
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