Colin,
> > Colin Baxter writes:
> >> Ah, LaTeX3 - whatever happened to that?
...
> Yes, I know. My remark was tongue in cheek.
which leaves open whether your tongue was already in your cheek at:
> Indeed. Compare something like
>
> $g=\lim_{\delta m\to 0}(\delta F/\delta m)$
>
> with
>
> \(g=\lim_{\delta m\to 0}(\delta F/\delta m)\)
?
additionally, fwiw, i was a long time '$...$'-user. at one point i was
betrayed, and switched to '\(...\)'. it may be more to type (i hadn't
noticed the suggestion Eric just sent in), but i liked the
repeatability. and, in terms of parsing, i'm very sympathetic to having
"directional" end markers.
cheers, Greg