From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Deprecated $…$ for inline math?
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 17:20:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56C34C34.4000401@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160216165958.32d19e22@homerow>
On 2/16/2016 4:59 PM, Marco Patzer wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:21:42 -0700
> Alan BRASLAU <alan.braslau@cea.fr> wrote:
>
>> I do note that the VIM syntax highlighting routine is pretty poor and
>> has difficulties around $, which is a symbol that I like using
>> (unpaired) quite a lot in MetaPost (\startMPcode...\stopMPcode).
>
> The stock vim context syntax highlighting ist terrible, indeed. I
> modified the syntax files, the result is still terrible (and reflect
> my personal context writing style instead of being general), but for
> me they're better than the original ones. Then I contacted Nikolai
> with the patches a while ago. He told me that he's not maintaining
> the syntax files any longer and if I want to take over
> maintainership. I declined because I know I wouldn't have much time
> at my disposal the next months.
context --extra=listing --scite --compact yoursource.tex
gives the kind of highlighting that I use here (mixed tex / mp / lua mode)
>> What sort of needs for structure could \m address for inline math?
>> Clearly, an equation to which one might want to have a reference
>> math should appear rather as displayed math.
>
> While I agree on that one, writing \math{x^2} clearly states what it
> is. TeX tradition aside, dollar signs make no sense here and you
> have to manually match beginning and end. Braces are matched
> automatically (probably depends on the editor as well).
>
> Marco
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-16 16:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-16 8:22 Nicola
2016-02-16 8:54 ` Hans Hagen
2016-02-16 15:21 ` Alan BRASLAU
2016-02-16 15:59 ` Marco Patzer
2016-02-16 16:20 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2016-02-16 19:12 ` Alan BRASLAU
2016-02-16 18:50 ` Aditya Mahajan
2016-02-16 19:18 ` Alan BRASLAU
2016-02-17 7:31 ` Otared Kavian
2016-02-17 9:44 ` Hans Hagen
2016-02-17 16:32 ` Alan BRASLAU
2016-02-17 18:24 ` Aditya Mahajan
2016-02-17 20:45 ` Rogers, Michael K
2016-02-17 22:18 ` Alan BRASLAU
2016-02-17 23:40 ` Pablo Rodriguez
2016-02-18 0:38 ` Alan BRASLAU
2016-02-18 9:22 ` Hans Hagen
2016-02-18 9:57 ` Marcin Borkowski
2016-02-18 20:37 ` Mojca Miklavec
2016-02-18 21:01 ` Hans Hagen
2016-02-18 9:16 ` Hans Hagen
2016-02-18 9:25 ` Meer, Hans van der
2016-02-16 16:16 ` Hans Hagen
2016-02-16 8:56 ` Marco Patzer
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