Re: math-extern - first shot

2001-10-31 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 09:06:02AM +0100, Herbert Voss wrote: > uups, I never tried the positive one ... > > thought only that blue is good :-) like blue skies > and deep blue water ... > and red is negative, like a sunburn or a negative thinspace ... Ok.. so maybe switching the colours would be

Re: math-extern - first shot

2001-10-31 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 08:48:12AM +0100, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > | Hell, not that discussion again. > > "To use all the features of LyX you need: perl,python,tcl..." As I said, it is trivial to "port" the script for someone who knows perl or python. I might do the "final" version in Perl,

Re: math-extern - first shot

2001-10-31 Thread Herbert Voss
Andre Poenitz wrote: > > \! is blue and \, is red. > uups, I never tried the positive one ... thought only that blue is good :-) like blue skies and deep blue water ... and red is negative, like a sunburn or a negative thinspace ... Herbert

Re: math-extern - first shot

2001-10-31 Thread Andre Poenitz
\! is blue and \, is red. And it has been that way all the time... So I'd rather argue that changing it is "irritating" Andre' -- André Pönitz .. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: math-extern - first shot

2001-10-31 Thread Herbert Voss
Andre Poenitz wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 07:59:21AM +0100, Herbert Voss wrote: > > what is the reason for the blue space sign? > > It has been there "from the beginning" and I actually like it. > What's wrong with it? nothing, only a bit irritating for users. no difference to see betwee

Re: math-extern - first shot

2001-10-31 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 07:59:21AM +0100, Herbert Voss wrote: > what is the reason for the blue space sign? It has been there "from the beginning" and I actually like it. What's wrong with it? Andre' -- André Pönitz .. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: math-extern - first shot

2001-10-31 Thread Herbert Voss
Andre Poenitz wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 06:49:36PM +0100, Herbert Voss wrote: > > André, when I insert a negative thinspace \!, I get a > > positive in the blue math box. is it intended? > > Yes. Rendering it with truly negativ length makes it pretty difficult to > edit. We have to dive

Re: math-extern - first shot

2001-10-31 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 07:50:03PM +0200, Dekel Tsur wrote: > On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 04:53:49PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > > Patch attached. To test it, you need Maple and tclsh somewhere in $PATH. > > Is tcl the best language for this job? Hell, not that discussion again. Tcl is what

Re: math-extern - first shot

2001-10-31 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 06:49:36PM +0100, Herbert Voss wrote: > André, when I insert a negative thinspace \!, I get a > positive in the blue math box. is it intended? Yes. Rendering it with truly negativ length makes it pretty difficult to edit. We have to divert from WYSIWYG in such cases... Wel

Re: math-extern - first shot

2001-10-31 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 07:33:01PM +0200, Dekel Tsur wrote: > > Note that you have to put in explicit multiplication marks in form of '*' > > or '\cdot'. I haven't found a reliable way to guess the proper places to > > put them in automatically. > > I think that you can assume than $xy$ is x tim

Re: math-extern - first shot

2001-10-31 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 04:53:49PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > Patch attached. To test it, you need Maple and tclsh somewhere in $PATH. Is tcl the best language for this job? What about lisp/scheme ? (are there fast/small lisp interpreters ?) > If you put your cursor in a cell and press >

Re: math-extern - first shot

2001-10-31 Thread Herbert Voss
Dekel Tsur wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 04:53:49PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > > Note that you have to put in explicit multiplication marks in form of '*' > > or '\cdot'. I haven't found a reliable way to guess the proper places to > > put them in automatically. > > I think that you

Re: math-extern - first shot

2001-10-31 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 04:53:49PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > Note that you have to put in explicit multiplication marks in form of '*' > or '\cdot'. I haven't found a reliable way to guess the proper places to > put them in automatically. I think that you can assume than $xy$ is x times y