Why do greater/less than & not equal symbols automatically default to a subscript for the following number?

[AFlowOfCode]

For example, if I write >= it gets converted to \geq automatically. If I then type something immediately after, it gets converted into \get_{3}.

This happens with <=, !=, and directly using the slash directives. Perhaps it's my mathematical ignorance here (and apologies if so), but adding subscript directly afterward can't possibly be the most common use case for these symbols.

I didn't want to file a bug in case this is on purpose, but my question is - why? And how can I disable this? It reduces my velocity having to go back and undo the underscore & brackets every time. I looked in the settings & the snippets and there seems to be no way to edit this.

Edit: thought I should clarify that I'm aware if you press space after the snippet replacement then it works without a subscript. I'd just like to know why the default is to assume subscript should follow these symbols.

Thank you!

[AFlowOfCode]

There are in fact many symbols where this happens. Writing -> converts to \to and then immediately typing a number results in \to_{3} which is subscript.

The same happens for ln -> \ln_{4}. The natural log case in particular makes no sense, since "ln" already implies a base of e and if you want a different base, you should use "log".

Given that there has been no response to this discussion, I'm assuming nobody knows any logical justification and this indeed a bug. I'll wait a bit to see if anyone responds, but at this point I'm fairly convinced this should be filed as a bug report.

[bdm-k]

Hello,

I just wanted to let you know that your question is entirely valid. Latex Suite should change its default settings to something more sensible. Thank you for bringing this up!

[AFlowOfCode]

Thanks for the response. Let me know if you want me to make an issue for reference purposes.
Latex Suite is awesome, happy to help if I can!