From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Colon as non-operator
Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 17:04:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <31a6be6e-9ddb-77e3-98b7-e8ef9cb2a7b0@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <522C4A7D-C20C-421D-80B9-E2A793016C70@telia.com>
On 5/31/2016 4:18 PM, Hans Åberg wrote:
> It is possible to get the symbol : COLON U+003A to expand to \colon, instead of the ratio operator, as it is now? The latter is rather rare in pure math, and in addition, it seems to have been reversed in the implementation with ∶ RATIO U+2236, cf. example below.
>
> \setupbodyfont[xits,10pt]
>
> \startformula
> \startalign
> \NC f\NC\colon A→B \NR % Produces ∶ RATIO U+2236
> \NC f\NC: A→B \NR % : COLON U+003A
> \NC f\NC ∶ A→B \NR % ∶ RATIO U+2236
> \stopalign
> \stopformula
it's a commented option i.e. we decided not to do that because the
normal colon would be obscured then (just like overloading a period is
not realistic)
Hans
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2016-05-31 14:18 Hans Åberg
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2016-05-31 15:53 ` Hans Åberg
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