Missing parentheses when multiplying with a negative number

[Stumblefeet]

A well-formed formula does not allow for a multiplication sign to be followed by a minus sign.

I recently tried 2-5*(3-6) and got
2-5*-3

[evykassirer]

Thank you for noticing this an opening an issue!

I'm not actively working on mathsteps right now, but am happy to help you make a PR to update this :)

Seems like there would need to be an update to the removeUnecessaryParens function, but that could be messy and break some other functionality. Would be interesting to explore!

[Stumblefeet]

Thanks.

I'm considering diving into the code and study it in depth.

Do you know if this project is still being developed, or is it dying/finished?

I'm looking for a large project to contribute to, and this seems rather nice.

[evykassirer]

I haven't been prioritizing much time on mathsteps lately, so it is some ways dying.

However, if you take a look through the code and would like me to answer some questions or help you contribute, I'd be happy to spend some time on that :)

[ghost]

@evykassirer I am personally interested in helping out. mathsteps should not die. It has tremendous value and potential ! Is there a priority list somewhere with things pending ?

[evykassirer]

the list of open issues is a good place to look for things pending!