On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 09:02:36PM +0200, Enrico Forestieri wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 08:17:37PM +0200, Andre Poenitz wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 04:25:27PM +0200, Enrico Forestieri wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 12:56:41PM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote:
> > > > Bo Peng wrote:
> > > > >> Note that 1.5 should support math background allowing you to have a
> > > > >> flashy yellow background.
> > > > >
> > > > > I guess very few people know the background of mathed can be changed
> > > > > in 1.5.0. Can we use a color that is different from background as
> > > > > default? If people do not like it, they can change it back to
> > > > > background color.
> > > > Can't we just remove the extra spacing around math instead?
> > >
> > > That's a matter of font metrics, I fear.
> >
> > Not the 2 pixel boundary every inset has?
>
> You are right, that's it. I simply noticed that the space
> between the math inset and an 'a' in $1$a and $g$a seems to be
> bigger in the first case, but that turns out to be an optical effect.
>
> This 2 pixel boundary really makes it appear as if there is a real
> space between the two 'a's in $\displaystyle\text{a}$a
> as they sum up...
Indeed.
There is an easy solution which is, unfortunately, not easy at all:
Do not reserve extra space for the corner markers, but draw the corner
markers outside the space owned by the inset.
Andre'
