* Unescaped $ and & in texts
@ 2008-12-17 20:04 Wolfgang Schuster
2008-12-17 20:46 ` Aditya Mahajan
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From: Wolfgang Schuster @ 2008-12-17 20:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Can't we add a new mode to ConTeXt to use $ and & in text
without escaping them with a backslash, & is not needed
to write tables and for inline math \formula could be used.
In text only documents I want also the % as normal character
where I don't need comments. What do you think, with \nonknuthmode
we have already a command to write '_' in text mode.
\appendtoks
\catcode`\$=12
\catcode`\&=12
\catcode`\%=12
\to \everystarttext
\starttext
Procter & Gamble’s stock climbed to $2, a 10% gain.
\stoptext
Wolfgang
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* Re: Unescaped $ and & in texts
2008-12-17 20:04 Unescaped $ and & in texts Wolfgang Schuster
@ 2008-12-17 20:46 ` Aditya Mahajan
2008-12-17 21:08 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2008-12-17 21:42 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2008-12-17 20:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> Can't we add a new mode to ConTeXt to use $ and & in text
> without escaping them with a backslash, & is not needed
> to write tables and for inline math \formula could be used.
Also add # to the list. Basically, we can just define a catcode regime
where only \ { and } are special. Inside math mode (activated by \formula,
\math, \mathematics, or \startformula) we can switch to a catcode regime
where _ and ^ are also set to appropriate catcodes. I would go as far as
to say that we should make this default, but I don't think everyone will
like that. So, for me a \justwritenaturally macro will do :-)
Aditya
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* Re: Unescaped $ and & in texts
2008-12-17 20:46 ` Aditya Mahajan
@ 2008-12-17 21:08 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2008-12-17 21:42 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Wolfgang Schuster @ 2008-12-17 21:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Am 17.12.2008 um 21:46 schrieb Aditya Mahajan:
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
>
>> Can't we add a new mode to ConTeXt to use $ and & in text
>> without escaping them with a backslash, & is not needed
>> to write tables and for inline math \formula could be used.
>
> Also add # to the list. Basically, we can just define a catcode
> regime where only \ { and } are special. Inside math mode (activated
> by \formula, \math, \mathematics, or \startformula) we can switch to
> a catcode regime where _ and ^ are also set to appropriate catcodes.
> I would go as far as to say that we should make this default, but I
> don't think everyone will like that. So, for me a
> \justwritenaturally macro will do :-)
I wasn't sure if I should add # to the list bit it makes sense.
\nonknuthmode takes care to tread _ and ^ as subscript and superscript
in math mode and as normal chars in text mode.
Wolfgang
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* Re: Unescaped $ and & in texts
2008-12-17 20:46 ` Aditya Mahajan
2008-12-17 21:08 ` Wolfgang Schuster
@ 2008-12-17 21:42 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2008-12-17 21:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
>
>> Can't we add a new mode to ConTeXt to use $ and & in text
>> without escaping them with a backslash, & is not needed
>> to write tables and for inline math \formula could be used.
>
> Also add # to the list. Basically, we can just define a catcode regime
> where only \ { and } are special. Inside math mode (activated by
> \formula, \math, \mathematics, or \startformula) we can switch to a
> catcode regime where _ and ^ are also set to appropriate catcodes. I
there is already \nonknuthmode -)
> would go as far as to say that we should make this default, but I don't
> think everyone will like that. So, for me a \justwritenaturally macro
> will do :-)
we can discuss this some time next year or so; it is slightly more
complex than changing a few catcoded because we need to make sure that
modules etc are loaded under a different catcode regime then
Hans
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