Pandoc compiler and latex

[BlackEdder]

I've been using the md-compiler branch, in order to be able to include latex equations. The issue I am having is that it looks like '' are removed from equations:

The following doesn't work

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

I can solve it by adding a '' as follows

$$\\frac{1}{2}$$

[zyedidia]

I think this is the expected behavior. Isn't the \ necessary? Does using Pandoc change this behavior? Using latex equations is supported by Literate by using KaTeX by default.

Also, the md-compiler branch has been merged, so you can just use master.

[BlackEdder]

For some reason I though I needed pandoc for latex.

In a straight up markdown document I do not need to escape the slash for it to work. So from that perspective it surprised me.