Convert hand drawn equations to LaTeX

Re:Convert hand drawn equations to LaTeX by llull on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @08:49PM (#10891810)

Very neat. One problem is immediate: when I handwrite an "x" for maths, it is as two 'c's touching back-to-back, so as not to confuse with some multiplication/cross-product symbol; such input proves very confusing to this code.

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Re:Convert hand drawn equations to LaTeX by unfamiliar on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @05:18AM (#10893376)

> so as not to confuse with some multiplication/cross-product symbol

There really isn't much need for the multiplication symbol when we have side-by-side multiplication notation, and if x is a vector then you can underline it to distinguish it from the cross product (or just not name your vectors x). The "two c's" x has always looked bad to me and ends up getting confused with α and other things.

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Re:Convert hand drawn equations to LaTeX by microcolonel on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @09:19PM (#10891936)

Odd, I've done the same thing now and it has worked flawlessly. Maybe it is learning from the "Perfect / Poor" votes.

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Re:Convert hand drawn equations to LaTeX by llull on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @10:28PM (#10892155)

I just retried, and it does now gets it right for me too. Wow.

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Re:Convert hand drawn equations to LaTeX by warfangle on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @01:02AM (#10892561)

I usually use an italicized x for math variables, a dot for multiplication when not implicit in the formatting of the expression, and an uppercase X for cross product.

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