Re: [NTG-context] \| should give two || and not one

2013-02-19 Thread Hans Hagen
On 2/19/2013 8:36 AM, Keith J. Schultz wrote: Hi All, In a way, it is correct that for compatibility reasons and and convert it is good to keep the old syntax. Yet, ConTeXt is suppose to be more natural. I consider the \{ \} \| etc to be escapes for tex characters. In fact, if one wants ||

Re: [NTG-context] \| should give two || and not one

2013-02-19 Thread Mikael P. Sundqvist
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: On 2/19/2013 8:36 AM, Keith J. Schultz wrote: Hi All, In a way, it is correct that for compatibility reasons and and convert it is good to keep the old syntax. Yet, ConTeXt is suppose to be more natural. I consider the \{

Re: [NTG-context] \| should give two || and not one

2013-02-19 Thread Keith J. Schultz
Hi Mikeal, Am 19.02.2013 um 10:50 schrieb Mikael P. Sundqvist mic...@gmail.com: On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: [snip, snip] a next step (already partially done) is that we organize the names in dictionaries as in open math (a bit of work) Me, I

Re: [NTG-context] \| should give two || and not one

2013-02-19 Thread luigi scarso
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Mikael P. Sundqvist mic...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: On 2/19/2013 8:36 AM, Keith J. Schultz wrote: Fine. In principal I've nothing against typing || for double bars (even though people moving from

Re: [NTG-context] \| should give two || and not one

2013-02-19 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: On 2/19/2013 8:36 AM, Keith J. Schultz wrote: Hi All, In a way, it is correct that for compatibility reasons and and convert it is good to keep the old syntax. Yet, ConTeXt is suppose to be more natural. I consider the \{ \} \| etc to

Re: [NTG-context] \| should give two || and not one

2013-02-19 Thread Hans Hagen
On 2/19/2013 1:09 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: that you probably don't want to recognise two subsequent bars are replace them with a different glyph?) And even then there is a problem then you don't want to know what we i do with primes already Hans

Re: [NTG-context] \| should give two || and not one

2013-02-18 Thread Mikael P. Sundqvist
Indeed, luigi, but is that what you expect? /Mikael On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 5:19 PM, luigi scarso luigi.sca...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Mikael P. Sundqvist mic...@gmail.com wrote: Dear list, \starttext $\|v\|$ \stoptext I expect two vertical bars on each side

Re: [NTG-context] \| should give two || and not one

2013-02-18 Thread luigi scarso
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Mikael P. Sundqvist mic...@gmail.com wrote: Indeed, luigi, but is that what you expect? Hm, hard to say for me. I find natural to use \vert and \Vert or, if possible, | and ‖ . LaTeXt users find natural that \| is ‖, but I don't see, as a ConTeXt user, a

Re: [NTG-context] \| should give two || and not one

2013-02-18 Thread Mikael P. Sundqvist
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 10:42 AM, luigi scarso luigi.sca...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Mikael P. Sundqvist mic...@gmail.com wrote: Indeed, luigi, but is that what you expect? Hm, hard to say for me. I find natural to use \vert and \Vert or, if possible, | and || .

Re: [NTG-context] \| should give two || and not one

2013-02-18 Thread Keith J. Schultz
Hi All, In a way, it is correct that for compatibility reasons and and convert it is good to keep the old syntax. Yet, ConTeXt is suppose to be more natural. Personally, I find some of the names used in TeX and LaTeX often hard to find. Whenever, I needed a function or symbol I to often go

[NTG-context] \| should give two || and not one

2013-02-15 Thread Mikael P. Sundqvist
Dear list, \starttext $\|v\|$ \stoptext I expect two vertical bars on each side of v, but see only one. Tested with the latest beta. /Mikael ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an

Re: [NTG-context] \| should give two || and not one

2013-02-15 Thread Wim W. Wilhelm
use $\Vert v \Vert$ Wim W. Wilhelm Dear list, \starttext $\|v\|$ \stoptext I expect two vertical bars on each side of v, but see only one. Tested with the latest beta. /Mikael ___ If your question is of

Re: [NTG-context] \| should give two || and not one

2013-02-15 Thread Mikael P. Sundqvist
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Wim W. Wilhelm ww.wilh...@kpnmail.nl wrote: use $\Vert v \Vert$ Wim W. Wilhelm Dear list, \starttext $\|v\|$ \stoptext I expect two vertical bars on each side of v, but see only one. Tested with the latest beta. /Mikael Thank you for your reply,

Re: [NTG-context] \| should give two || and not one

2013-02-15 Thread Wim W. Wilhelm
Dear Mikael, It is TEX. Wim W. Wilhelm On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Wim W. Wilhelm ww.wilh...@kpnmail.nl wrote: use $\Vert v \Vert$ Wim W. Wilhelm Dear list, \starttext $\|v\|$ \stoptext I expect two vertical bars on each side of v, but see only one. Tested with the latest beta.

Re: [NTG-context] \| should give two || and not one

2013-02-15 Thread Mikael P. Sundqvist
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Wim W. Wilhelm ww.wilh...@kpnmail.nl wrote: Dear Mikael, It is TEX. Wim W. Wilhelm On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Wim W. Wilhelm ww.wilh...@kpnmail.nl wrote: use $\Vert v \Vert$ Wim W. Wilhelm Dear list, \starttext $\|v\|$ \stoptext I expect

Re: [NTG-context] \| should give two || and not one

2013-02-15 Thread Mikael P. Sundqvist
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Mikael P. Sundqvist mic...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Wim W. Wilhelm ww.wilh...@kpnmail.nl wrote: Dear Mikael, It is TEX. Wim W. Wilhelm On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Wim W. Wilhelm ww.wilh...@kpnmail.nl wrote: use $\Vert v

Re: [NTG-context] \| should give two || and not one

2013-02-15 Thread luigi scarso
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Mikael P. Sundqvist mic...@gmail.com wrote: Dear list, \starttext $\|v\|$ \stoptext I expect two vertical bars on each side of v, but see only one. Tested with the latest beta. For what I see \starttext $\|v\|$ $\Vert v\Vert$ $\vert v\vert$ $‖v‖$