From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Questions about mathfence
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 11:34:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51F6371D.6010104@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.02.1307282115550.29234@ybpnyubfg.ybpnyqbznva>
On 7/29/2013 3:24 AM, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Some questions/remarks about math fences
>
> 1. When using
>
> \definemathfence[colorbracket][bar][middle=0x7C,color=red,
> command=yes]
> \starttext
>
> \startformula
> \colorbracket{\frac {a}{b}\fence a = b}^n
> \stopformula
>
> \stoptext
>
> The delimiter is of the wrong color (black instead of red), and the
> clause after \fence is red. I am doing something wrong or is it a bug.
Just not yet done .. coloring such math thingies is somewhat tricky ...
added.
> 2. For some types of expressions, for example, probability, the middle
> delimiter should have the space similar to mathrel, rather than mathord.
> For example, while typing I often use:
>
> \Pr\left( X = \frac {a}{b} \,\middle|\, Y = \frac{c}{d} \right)
>
> Would it be worthwhile to add these extra spaces by default (not sure
> what is the convention in physics/quantum mechanics for bra and ket
> notation) or as an option.
I'll add \mskip\thinmuskip around the middle ... no clue what key/value
to use so we can wait tile someone compliants
> 3. Finally, why are the default values of left, middle, and right =
> 0x2E. Isn't 0x7C a better default?
Well, the period is (for tex) special in the sense that it is a nop so
if you only want
(
and no
)
then explaining to a user that a period is to be used to nil the right
symbol is somewhat less troublesome.
One sets up the wanted symbols anyway.
Hans
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-29 9:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-29 1:24 Aditya Mahajan
2013-07-29 9:34 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2013-07-30 13:28 ` Aditya Mahajan
2013-07-30 14:01 ` Hans Hagen
2013-07-30 14:55 ` Aditya Mahajan
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