Math typesetting partly broken on Safari

asked 2021-04-29 22:44:02 +0100

updated 2021-04-30 22:06:29 +0100

slelievre gravatar image

If I include some math, like $x^2 + y^2 = z^3$, in an Ask Sage question or answer, then the post often ends up with an extraneous line break right before each inline math formula, when viewed in Safari on macOS.

For example $x^2$ and $y^2$ and $z^3$ all start new lines, for no good reason. I think this is a recent change.

Here is an earlier version of this same question:

If I include some math in my post, like $x^2 + y^2 = z^3$,
then the post often ends up with extraneous line breaks
right before the math. For example $x^2$ and $y^2$
and $z^3$ all start new lines, for no good reason.
I think this is a recent change.

and a screenshot of how it was rendered in Safari:

Incorrect rendering of an Ask Sage question with MathJax blocks in Safari

A web search for [ mathjax safari newline ] reveals similar questions:

The MathJax issue link suggests that it's been fixed in a more recent MathJax version. Can we update the version of MathJax used on this site?

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Using the Opera browser on macOS 10.14.6 your post displays fine.

slelievre gravatar imageslelievre ( 2021-04-30 10:34:39 +0100 )edit

I don't know how to tell the difference between a Safari bug and a web page bug which causes it to fail with some browsers.

John Palmieri gravatar imageJohn Palmieri ( 2021-04-30 19:21:42 +0100 )edit
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I summarised the comments into the question itself, and removed most of them.

I added a link to this question as a comment to the announcement

slelievre gravatar imageslelievre ( 2021-04-30 21:57:59 +0100 )edit