even if it's possible it doesn't mean it is advisable or even desirable
I toss M$ Word because, among other overly clever features, it changes i to I all the time. I would object, in general, any *automatic* changes to what I entered without my agreement. I propose to put this under the umbrella of "automatic correction/substitution" feature of 1.6.0, using which users can choose to replace '$\ $' with ''. Bo