Using a macOS Monterey iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021) Anki Version 2.1.49 (dc80804a)
Python 3.8.6 Qt 5.14.2 PyQt 5.14.2
The inLine MathJax (\Alpha) expression or command does not render the capital Alpha character. Other capital letter expressions render as expected - for instance (\Gamma)
Lowercase alpha expression (\alpha) works as expected.
I toggled off all add-ons, stopped and restarted Anki, checked database but problem persisted.
It’s valid syntax for Anki - other letters uppercase and lowercase using the same syntax display Greek letters as expected however there are some exceptions in each of lower and upper case.
Given Anki supports UTF-8 I discovered I can simply copy and paste from web listings of the Greek letters as a workaround.
Yes that works for A but there are other random cases where the MathJax expression is not converted to the Greek letter both for uppercase and lowercase
This is not an Anki-specific issue, it is the way MathJax works, and judging by the link I posted above, it will probably not be changed in the near future.
I now know that any letter that is similar to Latin letters is rendered as latin but if memory serves me correctly I hit issues where that was not the case. Either way I’ll get reply back here with what I find
Ok I did a full input of all Greek letters and it’s ‘my bad’
What I didn’t understand is that if the Greek letter looks like Latin letter then don’t use ‘MathJax inline’ use the Latin letter. Even more ‘my bad’ on checking the manual there is a link to a cheatsheet that gives the info I needed to avoid the problem in the first place. Ugh …