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Comments on Unintended MathJax in post previews on list pages such as question list, search results, and questions on tag pages

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Unintended MathJax in post previews on list pages such as question list, search results, and questions on tag pages

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Trichoplax points out that on Mathematics, having MathJax available on list pages is desirable, but for Software Development, it occasionally leads to hijinks.

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I don't know what a "list page" is supposed to be. (3 comments)
I don't know what a "list page" is supposed to be.
Olin Lathrop‭ wrote about 8 hours ago

I don't know what a "list page" is supposed to be.

trichoplax‭ wrote about 7 hours ago

I believe this refers to pages that show lists of posts, as opposed to an individual post page. For example, the question lists for each category, or search results, or a tag page (which shows a list of questions with that tag). I can confirm that the unintended formatting shows up in all of those lists.

trichoplax‭ wrote about 7 hours ago · edited about 5 hours ago

I've added an answer to further explain what the problem is and why it happens.