From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jay Belanger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: In CVS Emacs, calc-eval gives multiplication higher precidence than division Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:30:46 -0500 Message-ID: <87od2zh6u1.fsf@gmail.com> References: <878wu3j4k2.fsf@gmail.com> <86wshn3df0.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <48C43ADA.1070001@gmail.com> <86sksb3d53.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <48C43CB7.4060505@gmail.com> <86od2z3ck4.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> Reply-To: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1220830267 18123 80.91.229.12 (7 Sep 2008 23:31:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 23:31:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" , "Randal L. Schwartz" To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 08 01:32:02 2008 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 1KcTjd-0006iJ-G8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:32:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48220 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KcTid-0006Kg-Ow for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:30:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KcTia-0006Kb-81 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:30:56 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KcTiY-0006KP-QQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:30:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49862 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KcTiY-0006KM-Ka for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:30:54 -0400 Original-Received: from s8.cableone.net ([24.116.0.234]:39454) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KcTiY-0004fb-EY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:30:54 -0400 Original-Received: from belanger (unverified [69.92.109.217]) by s8.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service s8) with ESMTP id 7366904-1872270 for multiple; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:30:48 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:10:03 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-Vpipe: Scanner said ok (av_avast) X-NotAscii: charset=us-ascii X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 2, First 49, in=26, out=0, spam=0 ip=69.92.109.217 X-Originating-IP: 69.92.109.217 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:103657 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> You sound serious, or perhaps you've only seen math in the computer >> era. What do you get when you run: > >> a b \div c d > >> through LaTeX? > > LaTeX doesn't have much notion of precedence anyway, so all it does is > reflect the layout you intended. In this case, TeX has a notion of precedence (not that I think it matters). $$a b \over c d$$ gets typeset as a b --- c d Jay