From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/32942 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: delimiter bigger then \Biggr Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:24:40 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1169702712 25758 80.91.229.12 (25 Jan 2007 05:25:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:25:12 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Jan 25 06:25:05 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H9x6b-0001Dt-Pr for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:25:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73B761FFF7; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:19:44 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 08876-04; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:19:36 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B22A1FF55; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:19:36 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E11081FF55 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:19:34 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 08664-05-2 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:19:29 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from skycaptain.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.93.160]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 174411FF51 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:19:28 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: FROM aditya.annarb01.mi.comcast.net (c-68-40-50-205.hsd1.mi.comcast.net [68.40.50.205]) BY skycaptain.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 45B83F19.220FF.12474 ; 25 Jan 2007 00:24:41 -0500 In-Reply-To: X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 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 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:32942 Archived-At: On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Jano Kula wrote: > Greetings! > > How would you make right delimiter } bigger then $\Biggr\}$ to join > several lines in table? > > A AA -| > B BB | > C CC |- description > D DD | > E EE -| > > Is there a better solution (?) than > > $\left.\blackrule[width=0pt,height=14mm]\right\}$ No. In fact, this is how they are defined in core-mat.tex \def\@@dobig#1#2% {{\hbox{$\left#2\vbox\!!to#1\bodyfontsize{}\right.\n@space$}}} \def\big {\@@dobig{0.85}} \def\Big {\@@dobig{1.15}} \def\bigg{\@@dobig{1.45}} \def\Bigg{\@@dobig{1.75}} math-tex redefines \big etc, but it is just a cosmetic change. \def\PLAINbig {\@@dobig{0.85}} \def\PLAINBig {\@@dobig{1.15}} \def\PLAINbigg{\@@dobig{1.45}} \def\PLAINBigg{\@@dobig{1.75}} and then \definemathcommand [big] {\PLAINbig} \definemathcommand [Big] {\PLAINBig} \definemathcommand [bigg] {\PLAINbigg} \definemathcommand [Bigg] {\PLAINBigg} So perhaps all you can do is define something like \definemathcommand [MYBIG] {\@@dobig{6}} % Change 6 to something that gives a good visual effect. or exploit the matrix environment as Wolfgang suggested. Hans, can we get rid of the definition of \big etc from core-mat.tex? Are \big etc supposed to work in text mode also? Aditya