Yeah, this seems likely a bug in the new editor. The editor is currently only available to people who have opted into beta features, and this specific bug is indeed the reason why we haven’t shipped it fully yet. It appears to be a bug in the editor framework we are using that interacts weirdly with the LaTeX editor that I wrote, and it’s been on my to-do list to track down and fix.
No worries! I think we should probably have it say “[Beta]” or something like that right next to features that are indeed the result of being opted-into beta features, ideally with a small hover that reminds people that they’ve opted into seeing those features.
It does in fact say “LessWrong Docs [Beta]” right there in the comment box. But I didn’t have the wit to interpret that correctly as “you’re only seeing this because you signed up to enjoy new and unstable things” rather than as “this is a new thing we’re rolling out even though it might be a little flaky”.
Yeah, this seems likely a bug in the new editor. The editor is currently only available to people who have opted into beta features, and this specific bug is indeed the reason why we haven’t shipped it fully yet. It appears to be a bug in the editor framework we are using that interacts weirdly with the LaTeX editor that I wrote, and it’s been on my to-do list to track down and fix.
Aha. Fair enough! I’d forgotten that I explicitly opted in to beta features :-).
No worries! I think we should probably have it say “[Beta]” or something like that right next to features that are indeed the result of being opted-into beta features, ideally with a small hover that reminds people that they’ve opted into seeing those features.
It does in fact say “LessWrong Docs [Beta]” right there in the comment box. But I didn’t have the wit to interpret that correctly as “you’re only seeing this because you signed up to enjoy new and unstable things” rather than as “this is a new thing we’re rolling out even though it might be a little flaky”.