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[Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden>]

On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 03:31:43PM +0100, address@hidden wrote:
> >> 2. Your bug #2 is really a bug in TeXmacs, and it still exists now. I'll 
> >> report it to Joris.
> >> xy/y
> >> produces
> >> $$
> >> xy \over y
> >> $$ 
> >> TeX interprets this as $${xy \over y}$$, but TeXmacs interprets this as
> >> $$x{y \over y}$$.
> 
> >\over is a very tricky operator. It is better to use \frac
> >for the Axiom output. That said, I just commited a fix;
> >hopefully it won't break something else...
> 
> is this a fix, which could also be applied to an already installed
> (i.e. binary) WinTeXmacs - maybe by patching any of its files?
> Or would this only be possible by recompiling a changed source?

The solution needs recompilation.

> And an other question:
> As written in my other posting, in the meantime I?ve found a way
> to change Axioms TeX-output, so it now doesn?t replace the ?*?
> by ?\ ? any longer.
>
> And so all products are displayed with ?*? between the factors
> in WinTeXmacs now - but:
> If I select such an output in WinTeXmacs, copy and paste it into
> the input line again, all those ?*? characters have disappeared
> again - and so of course Axiom won?t accept such an expression!
> Is there any method to avoid this, i.e. that copy&paste would
> exactly give the expression as displayed in WinTeXmacs?
> Maybe there?s any option for this in WinTeXmacs?
> Or should Axiom send any other character than ?*? for multiplication?

Yes, you should send \*

> And last but not least:
> What?s the correct way to reply to any posting here?
> If I ?Reply to sender?, then my answer isn?t displayed at all here
> (probably it only sends an email to the sender?), and if I
> ?Reply to list?, then my reply is always shown as an answer
> to my own first posting here, but not to the posting I wanted
> to reply!

Don't know; I use mutt and things are fine for me.

Best wishes, Joris