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by professoretc 30 days ago
> Some markdown flavors for example use \(\), which is probably the worst of them to use.

Some markdown flavors say they use `\(\)` but they also use `\` as the escape character, so in practice you have to use `\\(\\)` which is definitely the worst.

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Just use double-dollar for everything as the Editor.md developers originally introduced in 2015. Simple, painless, and intelligent.

Using a single-dollar is asinine.