Chemmacros reaction(s) environment doesn't display the first reactant if enclosed in square brackets
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When typing reactions starting with coordinating compounds, I noticed that when the first reactant starts with "[" in both reaction and reactions environments the part enclosed in square brackets isn't rendered correctly:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{chemmacros}
chemsetup{modules = all}
begin{document}
begin{reaction}
[ML6]A <=> [ML6]+ + A-
end{reaction}
end{document}
Neither pdflatex, nor xelatex show any error messages. Empirically I discovered that adding a pair of square brackets to the reaction(s) environment solves the problem:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{chemmacros}
chemsetup{modules = all}
begin{document}
begin{reaction}
[ML6]A <=> [ML6]+ + A-
end{reaction}
end{document}
I'm also curious why begin{reaction} actually works – maybe there are some arguments that reaction(s) environment expects?
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asked Dec 4 at 14:59
andselisk
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When typing reactions starting with coordinating compounds, I noticed that when the first reactant starts with "[" in both reaction and reactions environments the part enclosed in square brackets isn't rendered correctly:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{chemmacros}
chemsetup{modules = all}
begin{document}
begin{reaction}
[ML6]A <=> [ML6]+ + A-
end{reaction}
end{document}
Neither pdflatex, nor xelatex show any error messages. Empirically I discovered that adding a pair of square brackets to the reaction(s) environment solves the problem:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{chemmacros}
chemsetup{modules = all}
begin{document}
begin{reaction}
[ML6]A <=> [ML6]+ + A-
end{reaction}
end{document}
I'm also curious why begin{reaction} actually works – maybe there are some arguments that reaction(s) environment expects?
chemistry chemmacros chemformula
asked Dec 4 at 14:59
andselisk
6662621
not specific to the reaction environment. it's just how latex works. see e.g. Error with square bracket in table or just trydocumentclass{article}begin{document}begin{figure}[Test]end{figure}end{document}and you will get an error about unknown positional arguments.
– Troy
Dec 4 at 17:07
@Troy I see. So, what do you think would be the best course of action here: leave a couple of emptybrackets every time, use{[}for the first complex, or something else? Also I find it weird that compilers don't complain at all as ifML6were a valid argument.
– andselisk
Dec 4 at 17:53
1
in this case, I would dosince it seems to be the quickest way to do it. I don't think one has any advantage (apart from flow of typing) over the other. maybe Clemens would have something to say regarding your second statement.
– Troy
Dec 4 at 18:26
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When typing reactions starting with coordinating compounds, I noticed that when the first reactant starts with "[" in both reaction and reactions environments the part enclosed in square brackets isn't rendered correctly:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{chemmacros}
chemsetup{modules = all}
begin{document}
begin{reaction}
[ML6]A <=> [ML6]+ + A-
end{reaction}
end{document}
Neither pdflatex, nor xelatex show any error messages. Empirically I discovered that adding a pair of square brackets to the reaction(s) environment solves the problem:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{chemmacros}
chemsetup{modules = all}
begin{document}
begin{reaction}
[ML6]A <=> [ML6]+ + A-
end{reaction}
end{document}
I'm also curious why begin{reaction} actually works – maybe there are some arguments that reaction(s) environment expects?
chemistry chemmacros chemformula
asked Dec 4 at 14:59
andselisk
6662621
When typing reactions starting with coordinating compounds, I noticed that when the first reactant starts with "[" in both reaction and reactions environments the part enclosed in square brackets isn't rendered correctly:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{chemmacros}
chemsetup{modules = all}
begin{document}
begin{reaction}
[ML6]A <=> [ML6]+ + A-
end{reaction}
end{document}
Neither pdflatex, nor xelatex show any error messages. Empirically I discovered that adding a pair of square brackets to the reaction(s) environment solves the problem:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{chemmacros}
chemsetup{modules = all}
begin{document}
begin{reaction}
[ML6]A <=> [ML6]+ + A-
end{reaction}
end{document}
I'm also curious why begin{reaction} actually works – maybe there are some arguments that reaction(s) environment expects?
chemistry chemmacros chemformula
chemistry chemmacros chemformula
asked Dec 4 at 14:59
andselisk
6662621
asked Dec 4 at 14:59
andselisk
6662621
asked Dec 4 at 14:59
andselisk
6662621
asked Dec 4 at 14:59
andselisk
6662621
asked Dec 4 at 14:59
andselisk
6662621
6662621
not specific to the reaction environment. it's just how latex works. see e.g. Error with square bracket in table or just trydocumentclass{article}begin{document}begin{figure}[Test]end{figure}end{document}and you will get an error about unknown positional arguments.
– Troy
Dec 4 at 17:07
@Troy I see. So, what do you think would be the best course of action here: leave a couple of emptybrackets every time, use{[}for the first complex, or something else? Also I find it weird that compilers don't complain at all as ifML6were a valid argument.
– andselisk
Dec 4 at 17:53
1
in this case, I would dosince it seems to be the quickest way to do it. I don't think one has any advantage (apart from flow of typing) over the other. maybe Clemens would have something to say regarding your second statement.
– Troy
Dec 4 at 18:26
add a comment |
not specific to the reaction environment. it's just how latex works. see e.g. Error with square bracket in table or just trydocumentclass{article}begin{document}begin{figure}[Test]end{figure}end{document}and you will get an error about unknown positional arguments.
– Troy
Dec 4 at 17:07
@Troy I see. So, what do you think would be the best course of action here: leave a couple of emptybrackets every time, use{[}for the first complex, or something else? Also I find it weird that compilers don't complain at all as ifML6were a valid argument.
– andselisk
Dec 4 at 17:53
1
in this case, I would dosince it seems to be the quickest way to do it. I don't think one has any advantage (apart from flow of typing) over the other. maybe Clemens would have something to say regarding your second statement.
– Troy
Dec 4 at 18:26
not specific to the reaction environment. it's just how latex works. see e.g. Error with square bracket in table or just try
documentclass{article}begin{document}begin{figure}[Test]end{figure}end{document} and you will get an error about unknown positional arguments.– Troy
Dec 4 at 17:07
not specific to the reaction environment. it's just how latex works. see e.g. Error with square bracket in table or just try
documentclass{article}begin{document}begin{figure}[Test]end{figure}end{document} and you will get an error about unknown positional arguments.– Troy
Dec 4 at 17:07
@Troy I see. So, what do you think would be the best course of action here: leave a couple of empty
{[} for the first complex, or something else? Also I find it weird that compilers don't complain at all as if ML6 were a valid argument.– andselisk
Dec 4 at 17:53
@Troy I see. So, what do you think would be the best course of action here: leave a couple of empty
{[} for the first complex, or something else? Also I find it weird that compilers don't complain at all as if ML6 were a valid argument.– andselisk
Dec 4 at 17:53
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in this case, I would do
– Troy
Dec 4 at 18:26
in this case, I would do
– Troy
Dec 4 at 18:26
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not specific to the reaction environment. it's just how latex works. see e.g. Error with square bracket in table or just try
documentclass{article}begin{document}begin{figure}[Test]end{figure}end{document}and you will get an error about unknown positional arguments.– Troy
Dec 4 at 17:07
@Troy I see. So, what do you think would be the best course of action here: leave a couple of empty
brackets every time, use{[}for the first complex, or something else? Also I find it weird that compilers don't complain at all as ifML6were a valid argument.– andselisk
Dec 4 at 17:53
1
in this case, I would do
since it seems to be the quickest way to do it. I don't think one has any advantage (apart from flow of typing) over the other. maybe Clemens would have something to say regarding your second statement.– Troy
Dec 4 at 18:26