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Re: Changes in latin-ltx.el
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Dave Love |
Subject: |
Re: Changes in latin-ltx.el |
Date: |
21 Dec 2001 17:06:52 +0000 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1.30 |
>>>>> Kai Großjohann writes:
> If I were to use a TeX-like notation for symbols, I'd use it for
> writing mathematical formulas.
Maybe you would do that solely, but please allow others to be more
general. We didn't create that input method simply for maths -- as
its historical name might imply. Wouldn't you ever write `\ss'
because you couldn't enter `ß' directly?
> So why not accomodate both kinds of users?
I am the kind of user who sometimes wants to type mathematical
symbols, which is why I added them. I already suggested using \...sym
for the compatibility character, à la SGML entities.
> Make one input method for mathematical symbols and another one for
> Greek/Hebrew/... text.
You're welcome to, but I want a generic method which I stand some
chance of being able to use.
> (I wonder if there are also different variants of the same Greek
> letter, one for mathematical formulas and one for Greek text.)
Didn't I already mention mu and micro?
> Maybe this "if you have two alternatives, choose both" thing is
> getting old, but maybe it's the right thing in this case.
There's no point in having alternatives if the user doesn't know which
one to choose. This is a basic usability issue. If you want to input
characters which require non-obvious, possibly-ambiguous input
sequences, you probably don't want a normal Quail method (which
currently doesn't even offer normal completion). You might want to
implement a tabular input method, except that you can't currently do
so with the obvious menuing approach -- that's the main use I'd have
for Unicode-capable menus.
- Re: Changes in latin-ltx.el, Dave Love, 2001/12/07
- Re: Changes in latin-ltx.el, Eli Zaretskii, 2001/12/07
- Re: Changes in latin-ltx.el, Eli Zaretskii, 2001/12/12
- Re: Changes in latin-ltx.el, Richard Stallman, 2001/12/12
- Re: Changes in latin-ltx.el, Dave Love, 2001/12/21
- Re: Changes in latin-ltx.el, Eli Zaretskii, 2001/12/22