Suggestion: use another symbol for Mathpad expressions

[ThiagoRangel7]

Mathpad uses the same symbols as the Markdown inline code and code blocks use (the backtick ` for inline and triple backticks ``` for code block) to identify expressions that should be evaluated.

The problem is: suppose I want to write an inline code like x+3==?, that is NOT a Mathpad expression, and should NOT be rendered to LaTeX or evaluated. I just want to show the code inline.

That's impossible, because Mathpad will automatically render it as:
$$x+3=x+3$$

Suggestion: use another symbol for Mathpad expressions instead of the backtick `.
For example: @x+3==?@ instead of `x+3==?` and

@@@
  a:=10
  f(x):=x+3
  f(a)==?
@@@

instead of using triple backticks ```

[Canna71]

Thank you for your feedback. Mathpad is leveraging the already existing support for code blocks and inline code that Obsidian provides. Switching to a different syntax would mean to re-do a lot of the extension to the CodeMirror grammar that Obsidian already did.
What I was planning on doing is to make some of the syntax configurable, so that - for example - in order to evaluate an expression you could also write: x+3%^$ or anything you fancy.

Would that be OK?

[ThiagoRangel7]

Thank you for your feedback. Mathpad is leveraging the already existing support for code blocks and inline code that Obsidian provides. Switching to a different syntax would mean to re-do a lot of the extension to the CodeMirror grammar that Obsidian already did. What I was planning on doing is to make some of the syntax configurable, so that - for example - in order to evaluate an expression you could also write: x+3%^$ or anything you fancy.

Would that be OK?

I imagined that there would be a limitation like that.

I think codeblocks are actually fine the way they are, since we have to type "mathpad" after the three backticks in order for it to be evaluated (like ```mathpad).

For inline code, I liked your idea of making it configurable, but I would like to suggest the ability to place something before and after the expression instead of only after it (keeping it inside the backticks). For example: `@mathpad@ x+3=?` (which is configured to evaluate if there's @mathpad@ before the expression) or even `@ x+3=? $` (which is configured to evaluate if there's a @ before, and if there's a $ after the expression.

Then these "configurable" characters should be hidden on Live Preview and Reading modes, to show only the expression and the result.

Of course I don't know if there are any limitations that make it impossible, so it's just an idea.

[Canna71]

That should be feasible, of course I would add it as an optional configuration, since - at least for me - it is important to be able to insert calculation as simply as possible.
I'll work on that.