{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jgm/pandoc/issues/3181","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jgm/pandoc","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jgm/pandoc/issues/3181/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jgm/pandoc/issues/3181/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jgm/pandoc/issues/3181/events","html_url":"https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/3181","id":185092761,"number":3181,"title":"Problem with inline math using \\bar{x}","user":{"login":"suknat","id":16538950,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16538950?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/suknat","html_url":"https://github.com/suknat","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/suknat/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/suknat/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/suknat/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/suknat/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/suknat/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/suknat/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/suknat/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/suknat/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/suknat/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":4,"created_at":"2016-10-25T11:43:40Z","updated_at":"2016-10-25T13:47:43Z","closed_at":"2016-10-25T13:47:42Z","body":"I'm having  a strange problem using \\bar{x} in pandoc md, as follows:\r\n\r\nIf I write\r\n`sample mean as $\\bar{x}$.` \r\n\r\nThen the output is produced *literally* as follows: \r\n\r\n![screen shot 2016-10-25 at 12 39 50](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/16538950/19684628/3d6d2872-9ab0-11e6-90c0-2f0e683e5d9e.png)\r\n\r\nHowever, if I use \r\n` sample mean as $$\\bar{x}$$`\r\n\r\nThen I get the expected output: \r\n\r\n![screen shot 2016-10-25 at 12 40 16](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/16538950/19684635/470ed376-9ab0-11e6-97c6-f7b2943a1d90.png)\r\n\r\nI haven't tested this widely but other commands such as \\hat also behave in the same way. \r\n\r\nHowever, inline mode does work for symbols such as \\mu or \\sigma.\r\n\r\nDoes anyone have any clues on how to fix this?\r\n\r\n"}}
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