How to stop LateX from rendering math equations outside of $ signs?

Question

I'm trying to write a pdf with formulas for my physics class. After the rendered formula, for example:

$$hf=E_{m}-E_{n}$$

I would like to print the raw latex math notation so that for someone that knows how to write in latex searching this pdf would be very easy because they would have to just go ctrl+f and write hf=E_{m}-E_{n}. So it would look something like that:

* rendered equation * - (hf=E_{m}-E_{n}) - *what it means etc)

But when I do that it still tries to render that math in the () brackets. How can I stop it from doing so?

As you can see it still tried to render it even tho I'm using \text:

I want it to render it as simply hf=E_{m}-E_{n}

Try \verb”your equation” or, for displayed equations use the verbatim environment. — Herb Schulz, Jun 19 '20 at 19:58
Start with not using $$, see Why is \[ … \] preferable to $$? — egreg, Jun 19 '20 at 20:00
Sorry but I dont see how that can solve my problem. All I want is Latex to not touch something like: hf=E_{m}-E_{n} so that it can be search with ctrl+f by typing hf=E_{m}-E_{n} in ctrl+f — John, Jun 19 '20 at 20:07
I think what you need are example, texdoc tcolorbox, sec16 Libraries Listings, listingsutf8, and Minted — sikouhjw, Jun 20 '20 at 16:06

John · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-24T22:59:58.323

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Okay I got it:

\verb|hf=E_{m}-E_{n}|

does the job

edited Jun 24 '20 at 22:59

answered Jun 19 '20 at 20:29

John

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How to stop LateX from rendering math equations outside of $ signs?

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