Cursor Position Jumps Incorrectly When Using Snippets in Inline Math Mode \( \)

[huang706]

Bug Report

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You still see this issue?: Yes

Describe the bug

When using snippets to automatically add spaces around operators (like =) in my document, the cursor position incorrectly jumps when I'm inside inline math environments \(...\). Specifically, after typing an operator like =, the cursor jumps backward to a position right after the opening \ character, resulting in corrupted LaTeX formulas.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create a LaTeX document with the following snippets in your settings:

{
    "prefix": "([^ &\\\\\\+\\-=<>\\|!~@])([\\+\\-=<>])$",
    "body": "$1 $2",
    "mode": "maths",
    "priority": -1,
    "triggerWhenComplete": true
},
{
    "prefix": "([\\+\\-=<>])([^ &\\\\\\+\\-=<>\\|!~])$",
    "body": "$1 $2",
    "mode": "maths",
    "priority": -1,
    "triggerWhenComplete": true
}

2. Start typing an inline math formula: \(y=x\)
3. After typing the = character, observe the cursor position

Expected behaviour

Expected: The cursor should remain at the correct position after the = sign, and the snippet should add a space after the = sign, resulting in \(y=\x).

Actual behavior

Actual: The cursor incorrectly jumps to a position after the opening \ character, and the snippet adds the space in the wrong location, resulting in something like \(y =\x) when continuing to type.

By the way, the set {} turns out to be the same condition.

[Chiya-Z]

I think that, similar to the issue #384, you can add $$1 or $$0 to the snippets that automatically add spaces, so as to control the ending position of the cursor.

By the way, why is the inline formula $x = y$ in text mode instead of math mode? I want to use $x = y$ instead of \(x = y\) : )

[SteveTaizhou]

I've come into such problems, too.

Typing inn between \( and \):

but those $$1s doesn't help at all...

I prefer using \( instead of '$' for inline math mode.