RMarkdown: \cdot instead of \times for exponential

cderv · February 15, 2021, 1:59pm

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`format_sci`: `\cdot` instead of `\times`

opened 08:58AM - 24 Jun 18 UTC

closed 06:57PM - 12 Mar 19 UTC

wuffi

feature

The function `format_sci_one` in `R/utils.R` uses `\times` as a sign for multipl…ication: sci_notation('%s%s10^{%s}', b, '\\times ', lx) # line 199 Is there a reason, why the `\times` ("×")sign is preferred over the (as far as I know more commonly used) dot ("·", typeset by LaTeX's `\cdot` macro)? If not, it would be great, if the call to `sci_notation` could be changed to sci_notation('%s%s10^{%s}', b, '\\cdot ', lx) # line 199 changed Maybe adding an option would be helpful, so that users could choose between these two different notations.