# Blockquote button interaction with MathJax

Here is a bug which has bitten me a few times now. Suppose I type something like

Consider the sequence $s_1 = x_1$, $s_2 = x_1+x_2$, $s_3 = x_1+x_2+x_3$, $s_4 = x_1 + x_2 + x_3 + x_4$, ...


Then I decide that I want to put my text in a blockquote environment, so I highlight it and click the little quote icon in the top bar. The editor introduces the markdown

> Consider the sequence $s_1 = x_1$, $s_2 = x_1+x_2$, $s_3 = > x_1+x_2+x_3$, $s_4 = x_1 + x_2 + x_3 + x_4$, ...


When MathJax renders that markdown, the > symbol is inside a math environment, leading to the incorrect output

Consider the sequence $s_1 = x_1$, $s_2 = x_1+x_2$, $s_3 = > x_1+x_2+x_3$, $s_4 = x_1 + x_2 + x_3 + x_4$, ...

Of course, it is easy to edit the > out of the math environment in each case, but it is a little annoying and I figure that, if no one ever reports this, it won't get added to a bug list.

• You may be interested in this Meta Stack Exchange feature request. – user642796 Aug 5 '15 at 18:02
• @ArthurFischer Thanks! Agreed, implementing that request would fix this problem and would be easier than making a line wrapper which always breaks lines between math environments. – David E Speyer Aug 5 '15 at 19:43
• I know it's not a fix, but now I simply add myself the single > at the beginning of the paragraph (the other ones are unneeded). It's easier than waiting for a bugfix... – Najib Idrissi Aug 5 '15 at 20:37