From: Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>
Subject: Re: Unicode superscript and subscript parentheses as operators
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2021 22:29:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <174155f7-3b35-1cb5-8933-2d782208dd51@xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <68343A62-2D2F-4C6C-A1EA-8381CB833810@telia.com>
On 12/28/2021 5:54 PM, Hans Åberg via ntg-context wrote:
> Is it possible to use the Unicode superscript and subscript parentheses as superscript and subscript operators? That is, ⁽…⁾ having the same function as ^{…}, and ₍…₎ as _{…}.
>
> It might be something like the following, but somehow bundling the last part of \letcharcode into a command.
> \appendtoks
> \catcode`⁽=\activecatcode
> \letcharcode `⁽ ^{
> \catcode`⁾=\activecatcode
> \letcharcode `⁾ }
> \catcode`₍=\activecatcode
> \letcharcode `₍ _{
> \catcode`₎=\activecatcode
> \letcharcode `₎ }
> \to \everymathematics
\protected\def\FancySuperscript#1⁾{\superscript{#1}}
\protected\def\FancySubscript #1₍{\subscript {#1}}
\protected\def\FancyScripts
{\catcode`⁽=\activecatcode\letcharcode`⁽=\FancySuperscript
\catcode`₍=\activecatcode\letcharcode`₍=\FancySubscript}
\appendtoks
\FancyScripts
\to \everymathematics
\starttext
test $ x⁽3y⁾ $
\stoptext
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-28 16:54 Hans Åberg via ntg-context
2021-12-28 21:29 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context [this message]
2021-12-28 21:53 ` Hans Åberg via ntg-context
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