AsciiMath syntax in ipython notebook

[MySchizoBuddy]

Mathjax already contains support for asciimath syntax beside the latex syntax. AsciiMath syntax isn't enabled in the /static/notebook/js/mathjaxutils.js. This is easily done by adding

MathJax.Hub.Config({
     asciimath2jax: {
         delimiters: [['`','`']]
     }
});

to mathjaxutils.js file. This allows asciimath syntax to be surrounded by back ticks `

Further detail is avialable on mathjax documentation http://docs.mathjax.org/en/latest/asciimath.html

[ellisonbg]

Our choice to use only LaTeX mode was deliberate. This makes it possible to convert to LaTeX without any problems, which is a big part of IPython.nbconvert. I don't see us enabling asciimath.

[Carreau]

Moreover backticks are already taken by markdown.
Closing.