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Re: [TeXmacs] Bold character for vector in math mode


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  • From: Friedrich Laher <address@hidden>
  • To: address@hidden
  • Subject: Re: [TeXmacs] Bold character for vector in math mode
  • Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:38:32 +0200

Am 05.09.2011 18:05, schrieb Joris van der Hoeven:
On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 08:13:18AM -0400, Youjun Hu wrote:
As is known, we can use latex command \mathbf{} to generate a bold
character to denote a vector.
However, using \mathbf{} command in Texmacs generates an bold but
italic character, similar to the result of \boldsymbol{} .
Yes, the default LaTeX behaviour is kind of confusing (as often
with LaTeX), since the shape changes when switching to bold.

I implemented some special math font variants in the past,
but removed them, because they were also unsatisfactory from
various other points of view.

I just commited some changes which restores this previous behaviour
in an improved way: you may simply select Font -> Shape -> Upright
in order to do what you want.

However, the really correct way to deal with this kind of things
is to interpret bold upright symbols as special symbols,
and not as standard symbols in a fancy font. This requires to
add several Unicode characters to TeXmacs, which is somewhat
a hassle for me right now, but on the todo list.

Best, --Joris

I thought the intention of TexMacs is a "semantic markup" - here as "vektor" - and
then there may be some options for the graphical representation.




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