How do I use literally in LaTeX? [duplicate] Possible Duplicate: How to look up a symbol? Escape character in LaTeX In the itemize environment, how do I use the ampersand symbol amp; without LaTeX trying to use it as a command?
How does one insert a backslash or a tilde (~) into LaTeX? 1083 How does one insert a "\" (backslash) into the text of a LaTeX document? And how does one insert a "~" (tilde)? (If you insert \~, it will give you a tilde as an accent over the following letter ) I believe \backslash may be used in math formulae, but not into text itself
math mode - Why is \ [ . . . \] preferable to $$ . . . $$? - TeX - LaTeX . . . LaTeX still supports it for one reason or another, but the "proper" one to use, as defined in the specifications, is \[ \] All this just means that they are not promising that $$ will always work So it is technically possible (though unlikely in the near future), that compatibility with $$ is removed from LaTeX and lots of your documents