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Two one-sided arrows from mhchem MathJax extension do not render properly upon conversion to pdf
I am using pdfkit-pythonbased on wkhtmltopdfto convert into pdf a text that contains MathJax ...
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Polymer formula bond-bracket crossing representation
I could not find any rule in Graphic representations (chemical formulae) of macromolecules (IUPAC Recommendations 1994) that would state that the bonds at the ends of the constitutional units must ...
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Eliminate huge-locant-marked (by \overset) atom side space
Is it possible to elegantly eliminate side whitespace around the base under the overset, which is longer than the base?
E.g. if we wanted to talk about the 123456789th carbon atom of a huge poly(...
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Formatting hints no shown to user
Why are the basic (math/chemical) formatting hints https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/help/notation not always displayed next to the form where users enter new questions, and why is the elementar \ce{...
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Why two different print styles for the x's?
Created the rather nasty markup below. Why are there two different print styles for the x's?
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Introducing: Markdown Shortcuts for Stack Exchange
Inserting Mathjax and making posts look nice is rewarding, but it can often be, well, repetitive and boring :( Well, not any more. I have been testing and improving this userscript for quite some time ...
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What is the standard way to denote physical states in a chemical reaction?
A lot of older posts that I come across have their reactions written like:
$$\ce{Cu(NO3)2_{(aq)} + 2NaHCO3_{(s)} -> CuCO3_{(s)} + 2NaNO3_{(aq)} + H2O_{(l)} + CO2_{(g)}}$$
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What to do if mathrm is hugging physical units?
There was some consensus about how to write physical units from mid-2016 onwards on Chem.SE, as apparent from this post. However, it seems like the damage had already been done by that time.
I say so ...
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Does the rendering of the precipitation and gas symbols need improvement?
Doing some markup and noticed something that annoyed me. I wanted to indicate a precipitate or gas such as:
\begin{array}{ll}
\text{Markup} & \text{Displays}\\\hline
\text{\ce{AgCN v + KNO3}} &...
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Poll: mhchem syntax for electron configuration
As the author of mhchem, I am considering to add electron configuration to \ce. I decided to give it a little bit spacing for readability: $\mathrm{[Kr]\mskip2mu4d^{...
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Green checkmark or red X with Mathjax/mhchem?
Is there a way to put a green check mark in the body of my text using MathJax/mhchem Syntax?
Or a red X to indicate that this thinking is wrong?
Something like this:
I want to use it while double ...
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Mhchem feature request: strikethrough and crossout reaction arrows
mhchem is a great $\mathrm{\LaTeX}$ and MathJax package and I don’t know what we would do without it. Especially its way to format reaction equations is great.
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Where to offer mhchem support?
I am about to finalize the MathJax/mhchem 3.0.0 (which is quite a large update). To my knowledge, the largest user group can be found here. Would you mind if I put a link in the documentation to meta....
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Unknown Notations
Are the following notations official? Can I find them in a colored IUPAC book? Do they have a name, I could google for? (I need this to judge whether to support this with mhchem or not.)
Stability of ...
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Is HTML banished?
Sorry if the question was already discussed, but it��s IMHO unlikely, given (mhchem) tag without a wiki.
I’m new here, as a post writer. Today I saw my post edited by a high-rep user. The main intent ...
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