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>> I notice the brackets around the fraction aren't tall enough to enclose it
>> properly. You can fix it like so:
>>
>> ( \frac{...}{...} )
>>
>> becomes
>>
>> \left( \frac{...}{...} \right)
>
> OK ... this was helpful ... thanks.
Works with any delimiter, by the way:
\left[ ... \right]
\left| ... \right|
etc.
If you wanted to be flashy, you could replace min(...) with those funny
bent-angle brackets - but I don't suppose anybody except a mathematician
would understand what the hell that means, so leave it.
>> I should perhaps also point out that, technically, when TeX sees
>> <math>cat</math>, it interprets it as "c * a * t", which probably isn't
>> what you want. Use <math>\text{\it cat}</math> instead. (There's a subtle
>> difference in the letter spacing - and also the typeface is slightly
>> different.)
>
> The \it tag (italics?) was causing me grief. It gave a lexing error ...
> failed to parse. With the \text tag alone I get normal typeface, without it
> I get the italics typeface. it doesn't seem to be behaving as you suggest.
It's quite possible the Wiki doesn't support arbitrary TeX markup, but
only supports a specific subset of commands. You could try
\text{\emph{distance}} or something. That should typeset it in text
italics, which is subtly different from math italics (especially
spacing). The AMS-LaTeX \text{} command also adjusts the spacing subtly.
I will admit that all of this makes a fairly subtle difference to the
final output though.
> Here's what it looks like now:
> http://wiki.povray.org/content/Documentation_Talk:Reference_Section_4
>
> I think it looks like what Mike was getting at ... correct?
Change "min" to "\min" to have it typeset correctly. (I.e., in Roman
type, like all function names. It might even fix the spacing on the
brackets following...)
The spacing of the superscripts looks slightly odd, but I couldn't tell
you why...
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"Invisible" <voi### [at] dev null> wrote in message
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> Works with any delimiter, by the way:
>
> \left[ ... \right]
>
> \left| ... \right|
another nugget ... thanks
> It's quite possible the Wiki doesn't support arbitrary TeX markup, but
> only supports a specific subset of commands.
you are probably correct ...
> You could try \text{\emph{distance}} or something. That should typeset it
> in text italics, which is subtly different from math italics
no joy with this markup either ....
> Change "min" to "\min" to have it typeset correctly. (I.e., in Roman type,
> like all function names. It might even fix the spacing on the brackets
> following...)
worked ... thanks for the assist!
Cheers
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>> Works with any delimiter, by the way:
>>
>> \left[ ... \right]
>>
>> \left| ... \right|
>
> another nugget ... thanks
This method makes the brackets just big enough to contain the interior
text. You can also set the bracket size manually (e.g., if you want the
outer brackets big and the nested brackets smaller, to aid visibility),
but we won't worry about that. In this specific case, the brackets come
out reasonable sizes, so no need to fiddle.
You can also do stuff like this:
| -1 if x < 0
sign x = < 0 if x = 0
| 1 if x > 0
Use "\left\{" to get the stretched symbol (you have to balance it with
"\right."), and then use an array environment to typeset the multiple rows.
>> It's quite possible the Wiki doesn't support arbitrary TeX markup, but
>> only supports a specific subset of commands.
>
> you are probably correct ...
I don't suppose for 13ms that there's any *documentation* for what the
wiki actually supports though...
>> You could try \text{\emph{distance}} or something. That should typeset it
>> in text italics, which is subtly different from math italics
>
> no joy with this markup either ....
Really? That's odd. Well, I guess the difference is quite small.
>> Change "min" to "\min" to have it typeset correctly. (I.e., in Roman type,
>> like all function names. It might even fix the spacing on the brackets
>> following...)
>
> worked ... thanks for the assist!
In general, any function name (sin, cos, tan, min, max, lim, etc.) wants
to be handled this way (\sin, \cos, etc.)
Now, in LaTeX there's a way to define new function names - but you have
to write the declaration in the document preamble. Not sure if you can
access this particular feature from the wiki...
Any further questions? :-D
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On 10/12/09 06:56, Jim Holsenback wrote:
>> I should perhaps also point out that, technically, when TeX sees
>> <math>cat</math>, it interprets it as "c * a * t", which probably isn't
>> what you want. Use<math>\text{\it cat}</math> instead. (There's a subtle
>> difference in the letter spacing - and also the typeface is slightly
>> different.)
>
> The \it tag (italics?) was causing me grief. It gave a lexing error ...
> failed to parse. With the \text tag alone I get normal typeface, without it
> I get the italics typeface. it doesn't seem to be behaving as you suggest.
In math mode, if you want text to appear in italics, and not be treated
like a formula, use \textit{...}.
There's also \textrm if you want it to be nonitalicized. Bunch of
others - see the links below.
Check out the page now - the 2nd formula is using \textit
Ever been to the LaTeX Wikibook:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX
I don't know how good it is for learning LaTeX, but it's fairly good
for either quick lookups or for "recipes" to achieve certain effects:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Mathematics#Adding_text_to_equations
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Formatting#Font_Styles_and_size
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A tautology is a thing which is tautological.
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Invisible wrote:
> I wonder - is there anything that SketchUp *is* the right tool for?
Getting people to talk about how cool Google is.
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I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".
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"Neeum Zawan" <m.n### [at] ieeeorg> wrote in message
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> Check out the page now - the 2nd formula is using \textit
Jackpot! Exactly what I was going for, with them next to each other it's
easy to see the difference in font spacing.
> Ever been to the LaTeX Wikibook:
>
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX
>
> I don't know how good it is for learning LaTeX, but it's fairly good for
> either quick lookups or for "recipes" to achieve certain effects:
>
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Mathematics#Adding_text_to_equations
>
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Formatting#Font_Styles_and_size
Yes .... there is a lot of good stuff on Wiki's .... bookmarking links ....
Thanks
Jim
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>> The \it tag (italics?) was causing me grief. It gave a lexing error ...
>
> In math mode, if you want text to appear in italics, and not be
> treated like a formula, use \textit{...}.
>
> There's also \textrm if you want it to be nonitalicized. Bunch of
> others - see the links below.
Ah. I knew about \textrm, but \textit wasn't mentioned anywhere. (I know
it works in text mode, but I wasn't sure about math mode.)
Good work.
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>> I wonder - is there anything that SketchUp *is* the right tool for?
>
> Getting people to talk about how cool Google is.
Does anybody else detect a subtle hint of cynicism here? ;-)
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On 10/10/2009 2:01 PM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Isn't that just nausiating to look at?
That looks exactly like the decade old Mitel phone in my office.
Excellent work!
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>> Isn't that just nausiating to look at?
>
> That looks exactly like the decade old Mitel phone in my office.
> Excellent work!
Please tell me it doesn't use those colours. o_O
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