From 003bbd3483c9697a3d5105b26cb43a95ef20a0e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Juergen Spitzmueller <spitz@lyx.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:18:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid loop in math parsing function

---
 src/Encoding.cpp | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Encoding.cpp b/src/Encoding.cpp
index 675834f63f..33ae59045c 100644
--- a/src/Encoding.cpp
+++ b/src/Encoding.cpp
@@ -663,7 +663,13 @@ docstring Encodings::convertLaTeXCommands(docstring const & str, bool const for_
 					if (cmd.empty())
 						break;
 					// go on ...
+					docstring oldrem = rem;
 					ret += fromLaTeXCommand(from_ascii("\\") + cmd, MATH_CMD, termination, rem);
+					if (oldrem == rem) {
+						// Result unchanged, output
+						ret += rem;
+						break;
+					}
 				}
 				mret = docstring();
 			}
-- 
2.39.5