# Quoting posts with LaTeX equations?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quoting-posts-with-latex-equations/60542>\
**Category:** Meta Discussion\
**Created:** [May 4, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quoting-posts-with-latex-equations/60542 "2021-05-04T19:00:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![stevengj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevengj/32/71_2.png) [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quoting-posts-with-latex-equations/60542/1 "2021-05-04T19:00:06Z")

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I’ve noticed that if you try to quote a post with LaTeX equations, e.g. `$O(n^3)$` for O(n^3), in the quoted text it gets mangled to something like `O(n3)O(n^3)`. It would be nice if the original `$O(n^3)$` were preserved.

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**Author:** ![stevengj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevengj/32/71_2.png) [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quoting-posts-with-latex-equations/60542/2 "2021-05-04T19:00:32Z")

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> [@stevengj](#):
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> e.g. `$O(n^3)$` for O(n^3) O(n3)O(n^3)

For example, this is what happens if I quote the text above.

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**Author:** ![rafael.guerra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rafael.guerra/32/216610_2.png) [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quoting-posts-with-latex-equations/60542/3 "2021-05-04T19:22:19Z")

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That is indeed not a nice feature, because the content is lost or messed up.

If one quotes one of the longest equations ever recorded in discourse (see [here](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sinc-interpolation-based-on-fft/52512/82)), the result is totally obscene.

Better to right click on it and request to Show Math As \> TeX Commands, and then copy it, etc.

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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quoting-posts-with-latex-equations/60542/4 "2021-05-04T19:51:08Z")

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Reported upstream:

> **[Math should be quotable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/math-should-be-quotable/148342/2)**
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> This is still occurring and also happens with inline math, as reported by a member on our instance: