Re: [LON-CAPA-users] Algebra Expression Rendering in LON-CAPA

2017-01-17 Thread Harding, Gene L
-Original Message- From: lon-capa-users-boun...@mail.lon-capa.org [mailto:lon-capa-users-boun...@mail.lon-capa.org] On Behalf Of Damien Guillaume Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 3:57 PM To: Discussion list for LON-CAPA users <lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org> Subject: Re: [LON-CAPA-users] A

Re: [LON-CAPA-users] Algebra Expression Rendering in LON-CAPA

2017-01-17 Thread Damien Guillaume
Thanks Damien! That is very helpful. Is there an easy way to display the large numbers with commas (e.g., 32000 -> 32,000)? I tried a couple of different format commands using ",0f", but neither worked. Also, is there a good reference out there to help novices like me with the syntax for

Re: [LON-CAPA-users] Algebra Expression Rendering in LON-CAPA

2017-01-13 Thread Harding, Gene L
on-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org> Subject: Re: [LON-CAPA-users] Algebra Expression Rendering in LON-CAPA Hi, Ah, okay, it’s inside Perl double quotes! Sorry, I did not catch that. In Perl, “\” is the escape character, so you’ll need “\\” - an escaped backslash. Apologies, I didn’t mak

Re: [LON-CAPA-users] Algebra Expression Rendering in LON-CAPA

2017-01-13 Thread Rex Abert
-capa.org] on behalf of Gerd Kortemeyer [korte...@msu.edu] Sent: Friday, January 13, 2017 11:15 AM To: Discussion list for LON-CAPA users Subject: Re: [LON-CAPA-users] Algebra Expression Rendering in LON-CAPA Hi, Ah, okay, it’s inside Perl double quotes! Sorry, I did not catch that. In Perl

Re: [LON-CAPA-users] Algebra Expression Rendering in LON-CAPA

2017-01-13 Thread Gerd Kortemeyer
pa-users-boun...@mail.lon-capa.org] On Behalf Of Gerd Kortemeyer > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2017 10:39 AM > To: Discussion list for LON-CAPA users <lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org> > Subject: Re: [LON-CAPA-users] Algebra Expression Rendering in LON-CAPA > > Hi, > > I

Re: [LON-CAPA-users] Algebra Expression Rendering in LON-CAPA

2017-01-13 Thread Gerd Kortemeyer
Hi, It’s \sum as in \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} - Gerd. > On Jan 13, 2017, at 10:29 AM, Harding, Gene L wrote: > > Hi, > > I am having trouble rendering an algebraic expression with a summation sign > (capital Sigma). I want an expression that looks like this, using