From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: tex mode sub- and super-scripts Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:32:02 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20070630225915.BA9C05F435F@physsmtp.wustl.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1183606332 29507 80.91.229.12 (5 Jul 2007 03:32:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 03:32:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Mark Alford Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 05 05:32:11 2007 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1I6I4g-0001gp-I0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2007 05:32:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I6I4f-0004c8-T2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:32:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I6I4c-0004Yg-Aa for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:32:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I6I4a-0004Wm-T4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:32:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I6I4a-0004WW-PV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:32:04 -0400 Original-Received: from tomts25.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.188] helo=tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I6I4a-00075O-CR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:32:04 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([74.12.208.200]) by tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070705033203.DJSO25739.tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home> for ; Wed, 4 Jul 2007 23:32:03 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id C1D1580A2; Wed, 4 Jul 2007 23:32:02 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Reiner Steib's message of "Mon\, 02 Jul 2007 22\:33\:55 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Solaris 8 (1) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:74333 Archived-At: >>> +(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