From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Mark Alford <alford@wuphys.wustl.edu>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: tex mode sub- and super-scripts
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:32:02 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv1wfn5y0d.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <v9abue8s0c.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de> (Reiner Steib's message of "Mon\, 02 Jul 2007 22\:33\:55 +0200")
>>> +(defcustom tex-font-script-display '((raise -0.3) . (raise 0.3))
>>> + "Display specification for subscript and superscript content.
>>> +The car is used for subscript, the cdr is used for superscripts."
>>> + :group 'tex
>>> + :type '(cons (choice (sexp :tag "Subscript form")
>>> + (const :tag "No lowering" nil))
>>> + (choice (sexp :tag "Superscript form")
>>> + (const :tag "No raising" nil))))
>>
>> I'm curious: for what has this been used?
> A replacement for the hard-codes values, but that's obvious, isn't it?
> Probably I didn't understand your question. Could you be more
> specific, please?
Well, supposedly you/someone replaced those values by different ones, right?
So how did they differ? Did only the 0.3 ever change or sometimes the whole
thing? Did it always change symmetrically? ...
I mean the above variable can be used to make super/subscript display in
very wild ways, so I'm wondering if is a feature or a misfeature.
Stefan
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2007-07-01 8:43 ` tex mode sub- and super-scripts Reiner Steib
2007-07-01 12:44 ` Stefan Monnier
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2007-07-09 19:17 ` Reiner Steib
2007-07-09 20:01 ` Stefan Monnier
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