From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/54329 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Taco Hoekwater Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: mkiv math delimiters and <|> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:40:57 +0100 Message-ID: <4AFFB089.1050502@elvenkind.com> References: <6faad9f00911130103u518335a0laf9b02b1bd14c34d@mail.gmail.com> <9ab866900911141421w35b23851t6a66c4567f6a8f92@mail.gmail.com> <4AFF9A66.90902@elvenkind.com> <4AFFA99F.2030006@elvenkind.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1258270872 9909 80.91.229.12 (15 Nov 2009 07:41:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:41:12 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Nov 15 08:41:05 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1N9ZjN-000433-4s for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:41:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08EBAC9AC7; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:38:51 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id YhzPNa1+cTeP; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:38:48 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B108C9AD9; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:38:48 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B10A1C9AD9 for ; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:38:46 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id cWrTRa952CG5 for ; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:38:44 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.34]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D31DC9AC7 for ; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:38:44 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [192.168.178.26] (boo.demon.nl [82.161.175.147]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nAF7eveR043846 for ; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:40:57 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from taco@elvenkind.com) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090330) In-Reply-To: X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:54329 Archived-At: Aditya Mahajan wrote: > I personally do not like this behavior of plain tex, with \left< being > same as \left\langle. In the long run, all such delimiters should be > defined similar to mathml fences, > > \definemathfence[average][left=\langle, right=\rangle, scale=auto|none] > > etc. Should we be really supporting this in MKIV? That is a question for Mojca and Hans, I think. FWIW, I do not like it that much either, as there *is* a proper character for this nowadays. Best wishes, Taco ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________