From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/14751 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22H=F6ppner=2C_Dierk=22?= Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: RE: Not seeing the wood because of so many trees Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 07:43:32 +0100 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1077086733 28052 80.91.224.253 (18 Feb 2004 06:45:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 06:45:33 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Wed Feb 18 07:45:27 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AtLSZ-0003jp-00 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2004 07:45:27 +0100 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 148DE10B4F; Wed, 18 Feb 2004 07:43:39 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from nts3040.tib.uni-hannover.de (nts3040.tib.uni-hannover.de [194.95.113.40]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B088D10B4D for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2004 07:42:01 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: by nts3040.tib.uni-hannover.de with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id <1YAPFF4A>; Wed, 18 Feb 2004 07:43:44 +0100 Original-To: "'ntg-context@ntg.nl'" X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:14751 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:14751 I would second that. I can use it in computer program documentation for many different things. Greetings Dierk > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas A.Schmitz [mailto:thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de] > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:18 AM > To: ntg-context@ntg.nl > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Not seeing the wood because of so > many trees > > > Sorry for going back to an older thread, but I don't think > the question > was answered properly. Alexander Klink wanted to know how to typeset > "{" and "}". Suggestions were "\type|{| and \type|}|" or "$\{$ and > $\}$". Neither of which is satisfactory, because it will typeset them > either in typewriter or in math font. We had a discussion > about similar > questions a while ago. I still think we should have "\{" and > "\}" for > this kind of thing. As long as this isn't available, I see no better > solution than "\getglyph{Serif}{123}" and > "\getglyph{Serif}{125}" vel. > sim. For those of us working in the humanities, these curly > braces are > sometimes necessary (e.g., in critical editions), and having them in > typewriter or math fonts isn't acceptable. So may I continue my rally > for \{ etc.? > > All best > > Thomas > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >