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From: | Vishvas Vasuki |
Subject: | Re: [m17n-list] Update to math-latex |
Date: | Tue, 16 Feb 2016 17:08:22 -0800 |
Hi,
In article <address@hidden>, विश्वासो वासुकिजः (Vishvas Vasuki) <address@hidden> writes:
> > Could you please try the attached one which introduces a customizable
> > variable "with-backslash-prefix"? The default value is 0, so it works
> > as previous. When you customize the variable to 1, it should work as
> > your new idea.
> >
> > Works well! 👏
Thank you for confirming that.
> I feel you worry too much about backward compatibility though. Several
> times when I've updated software (windows, ubuntu, android - even gmail),
> there have been radical (mostly positive) changes - it's all right - users
> can accept that.
I agree that typing, for instance, \neq is more intuitive, but, for me,
typing Shift-SPC (my key to toggle input method) is easier than typing \
which is located far from the home position of my little finger.
> Besides, users are smart enough to figure out why neq does not produce ≠
> anymore by looking at the mim file - or they can come here and complain.
> Users who are bent upon using the old system are free to keep the older
> version of the mim file or flip the variable.
Requiring prefix "\" is a very drastic change, and I'm not sure novice
users can:
o locate the relevant mim file
o look into that file
o figure out what was changed
o find that "\" is necessary now,
o and if he doesn't like it, restore the old version or find a
way to change the default value
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K. Handa
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