Re: \unit problem with powers of ten.

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

On 11/24/2012 1:48 AM, Sietse Brouwer wrote:
>>> The '^' and 'e' all print a '10 ×' at the begining. It's what is expected
>>> for
>>> 'e' but not for '^'. Did I miss something?
>>
>>
>> well, until now ^ and e were equivalent so if that has to change (say ^ no
>> 10) then there need to be agreement about this as it's an incompatible
>> change
>
> I, for one, would expect 2^3 to mean '2 cubed', not 2x10^3. So I'd be
> in favour of this change. Then again, I have no code that depends on
> the old meaning...

interesting so then we need a list of more ^2 ^3 ^4 ^5 ... and what 
about ^1.2

then, what will be the escape for the texlike 2^3? maybe $2^3$, so $ 
will leave scanning mode

the 2^3 is probably not used that much

> --Sietse
>
> P.s. Isn't MkIV known to be unstable? I thought the official advice
> was "If you want stability, use (a) MkII, or (b) a stable version of
> MkIV, or (c) a dedicated standalone install that you do not update.

so you want instability to be a leading design principle ... i'll think 
about it

Hans

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