From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: Alan Braslau <braslau.list@comcast.net>
Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: tilde in math
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 20:04:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1e00e369-394d-a3bc-dfd8-341e250f6fb2@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170811114558.62d6e00b@zoo.hsd1.co.comcast.net>
On 8/11/2017 7:45 PM, Alan Braslau wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 16:15:06 +0200
> Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
>
>> Question: does anyone rely on ~ being active and a nbsp in math mode?
>
> Hi Hans,
>
> This is quite common practice in the TeX world.
>
> I have configured my text editor to highlight the utf-8 nbsp, and I use
> it largely in text mode. However, it is often my practice to still use
> the tilde in math mode, as its explicit presence is always there for a
> reason, in order to achieve some effect. So I am accustomed to
> interpreting the tilde in math mode in this way.
>
> The question as to whether or not this use within ConTeXt should be
> promoted/encouraged is another one. Let me simply suggest that many
> users simply copy equations from one source to another, and so it may
> be valuable to remain compatible with (La)TeX usage.
it can become an option some day then ... because it permits
auto-resolving ~= to the proper symbol (as we do with := and such)
Hans
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2017-08-11 14:15 Hans Hagen
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