From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#25594: 25.1.91; TeX input method is missing \sqrt macro Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 00:58:12 +0100 Message-ID: <87iml5of3f.fsf@marxist.se> References: <1485902188.2097642.866051648.4BFB3785@webmail.messagingengine.com> <87d0hwlv20.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> <87iml5rikv.fsf@marxist.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="102202"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen , 25594@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Tyler Smith" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 21 00:59:29 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1itgx6-000QYH-Iw for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; 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q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=marxist.se; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID: Date:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=30sK5Jq444TUbM23ouJjV4bK7qq+WU10DJJoPafOgFM=; b=psTdRwsV8p5P6l8pd81DTfZp4v 7vqcFWRyPQNXzs0HcEzwPU4kdMM2TG63d7b4FIPnYldrn57MluUYeb/8klE2sJ++WUCzMdqIyZYGe zVgttjl8iIQZjZ7bpYspTYDzWP8Y3KhJbxTtOJiQhb06jtISMiqrjGVtve67sdrKrMNQ2LkDh/Afi bkxhwFW0dZIOnOw5g6ewsY9aVWHRuBwbyI4BbVF3Dxs56+bEgv2KlWIhUIf+HG+kdbeoQNQmrJ9bv kiwESz5PvqKAAYeg7NVLGMO5AZ6ur9SPlZOpHvE6KkCeVsaKDqEuy1pSTbnheKjhzTy69fROkZKsm hlkcTk9A==; Original-Received: from h-70-69.a785.priv.bahnhof.se ([155.4.70.69]:34998 helo=localhost) by ted.gofardesign.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1itgvw-000wvb-0n; Mon, 20 Jan 2020 18:58:16 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Tyler Smith's message of "Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:39:38 -0500") X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ted.gofardesign.uk X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - debbugs.gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - marxist.se X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: ted.gofardesign.uk: authenticated_id: stefan@marxist.se X-Authenticated-Sender: ted.gofardesign.uk: stefan@marxist.se X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:174972 Archived-At: "Tyler Smith" writes: > FWIW, `\sqrt[3]` in LaTeX produces the =E2=88=9B symbol, so it would appe= ar that line > could be uncommented. I don't think there is a Unicode symbol for the squ= are > root that includes the `2`, just the 'naked' =E2=88=9A. So there wouldn't= be any point > in adding support for `\sqrt[2]`. > > I have no idea why that would have been commented out to begin with, > and use cube roots so rarely that it doesn't make much practical > difference to me if it is included or not. BTW, I now see that =E2=88=9A is already available under the name \surd, but this seems to have caused at least some user confusion.[1] It's not really something I would think to try, either. I don't see any problem with uncommenting \sqrt[3] as well. Best regards, Stefan Kangas Footnotes: [1] https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/30324/how-to-make-all-specia= l-symbols-available-in-org-latex