From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/2683 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: math set Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 09:16:52 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000913091652.008a2520@pop.wxs.nl> References: <39BE40FD.9578C22F@gmx.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035393456 10887 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 17:17:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:17:36 +0000 (UTC) Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl In-Reply-To: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:2683 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:2683 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------