---
title: The xaringan Math Limerick
date: '2018-06-12'
slug: xaringan-math-limerick
---

When my colleague Kevin Kuo asked a question about a problematic LaTeX math
expression in a **xaringan** presentation, Claus Ekstrøm [replied with an
amusing limerick](https://github.com/yihui/xaringan/issues/146):

> When dollars appear it's a sign  
> that your code does not quite align  
> Ensure that your math  
> in xaringan hath  
> been placed on a single long line

I laughed out loud. That was much better than my ["official"
documentation](https://slides.yihui.org/xaringan/#16)!

Update on 2018-07-02

:   Another limerick by Claus [on three
    dashes](https://github.com/yihui/xaringan/issues/151#issuecomment-401827615):

    > Three dashes are used for a split  
    > But careful when using your wit  
    > 'Cause you must erase  
    > any sign of a space  
    > or else it will just look like ...
