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: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:01:46 -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 1184011322 13913 80.91.229.12 (9 Jul 2007 20:02:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 20:02:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Mark Alford Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 09 22:02:01 2007 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 1I7zQk-0000Cd-Me for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:01:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I7zQk-0003Fn-CR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:01:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I7zQg-0003Es-5o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:01:54 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I7zQf-0003Ef-Mx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:01:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I7zQf-0003Ec-JO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:01:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mercure.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.24.67]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I7zQf-0005FW-AN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:01:53 -0400 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id D69542CF274; Mon, 9 Jul 2007 16:01:52 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68CE73FE0; Mon, 9 Jul 2007 16:01:46 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 562EF6C805; Mon, 9 Jul 2007 16:01:46 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Reiner Steib's message of "Mon\, 09 Jul 2007 21\:17\:45 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-2.82, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -2.82) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-kernel: 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:74524 Archived-At: >>>>> +(defcustom tex-font-script-display '((raise -0.3) . (raise 0.3)) > [...] >> 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? ... > Personally, I changed them to -0.1/0.1. I don't know what others do. > But I think asymmetrical values are plausible. The value 0.3 was chosen pretty arbitrarily. Maybe 0.2 would be a better default. In my case 0.1 seems too small (it move it by just 1 pixel, which looks more like a display bug than a feature). >> 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. > I've installed a simplified version. Thanks, Stefan