Bug in LaTeX formatting destroying an entire post.

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  jeremykun · Member · Mar 28, 2013 at 4:04 pm

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  I found a bug in the LaTeX formatting. Say I have a latex block which erroneously has a backslash at the end (i.e. $latex $) Then the entire post will not render (instead of the post having good content up until the error, and then displaying the yellow box).

  The reason I think this is a bug is because if the trailing dollar sign is completely omitted ($ is valid LaTeX, iirc, so it should fall into this case) then the post renders correctly.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 28, 2013 at 6:28 pm

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  Would you be able to provide us with a link to the post or page displaying the problem?

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  jeremykun · Member · Mar 28, 2013 at 7:14 pm

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  I’ve fixed the problem in my own posts (by removing the erroneous backslash), but I am able to reproduce the bug. Here were my steps:

  1. Set up a blog with the twenty eleven theme.
  2. Write a post, and somewhere in the post type $latex x $
  3. Hit preview.

  Expected result: The majority of the post content is still displayed, perhaps with the content after the latex snippet being replaced by a yellow error box, as per usual.
  Observed result: The post title is displayed and no content is displayed.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 28, 2013 at 7:15 pm

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  Thanks for letting us know, we’ll look into this!