Re: math set

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 01:29 AM 9/13/00 +0200, HoHo wrote:
>On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Tobias Burnus wrote:
>  
>> The rule says that this extra lines/strokes in the sets are only used
>> for blackboards (therefore \Bbb), but shouldn't be used in typesetting
>> since they are ugly and can be replaced by bold.
>
>Yes, it can be a rule to use blackboard symbols on the blackboar and not
>on paper. But everyone use blackboard symbols on paper too, if one knows
>how to get them there. That's my experience.

In educational school math they are used (at least in NL) so maybe to
represent what the pupils have to write down or what the teacher writes on
the board. 

Thanks for all suggestions (from everyone). I'll see how I can plug them
into either the symbol handler or maybe a dedicated math symbol handler.

Hans
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