What I have found so far with messing is that to create the electron configurations I would need to code something like this:
[Ne]2<i>s</i><small><sup> 2</sup></small> 2<i>p</i><small><sup> 2</sup></small> and so on,
The space before the 2 in "<sup> 2</sup>" is needed to prevent the italicized "s" from interfering with the superscripted number. I then write it in to the field as described in the dictionary using the set htmltext command. It looks great, but I will probably need a large bottle of something if I have to code 100 elements in this manner. It can be done with a lot of copying and pasting, but the scope for error is huge. The interesting thing is that once you have been through one period, then it is just a matter of duplicating the period and adjusting the numbers:
[Ar]3<i>s</i><small><sup> 2</sup></small> 3<i>p</i><small><sup> 2</sup></small> and so on,
I might try and adapt Jim's scripts, but it would take me longer than just coding them by hand, even though it would be a good learning exercise. What I think the script needs to do is:
1. Look for the letters s, p, d, f, g, or h that follow a number, select that letter and enclose it in <i></i>. I assume this needs some kind of search and replace loop until all are done.
2. look for a number that immediately follows the s, p, d, f, g, or h and select that number. The number would then need to have a space placed in front of it and the two enclosed with <small><sup></sup></small>. Again, using a repeat loop.
The problem is preventing the search and replace from picking up the next number which should remain as normal text. 1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 and so on. By placing a space between each subshell configuration I think it would work.
Now I just need to figure it out. I actually wonder if an applescript would work? How hard can it be to learn two separate languages in one weekend?
Paul
On Friday, Jun 6, 2003, at 05:50 America/Detroit, Jim Hurley wrote:
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Message: 4 Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 00:12:56 -0400 Subject: Using Superscript and Subscript in Fields From: Paul Charlesworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello All:
I would like to represent the electron configuration of elements using superscript and subscripts and would like to know what the best approach my be. So far, I have the following approach working, but the superscripted text is not a smaller font size as it should be:
Superscripting and subscripting of text is something I use regularly. And so I have written a parser which takes text in one field, using the carrot to denote a superscript and tilde to denote a subscript and formats this text in another field.
For example, the equation:
x^2 + y^2 = z^2
would be formatted with the squares as superscripts, reduced in font size. You can use a combo such as x^1~2 which would format as x super 1 sub 2.
I have put the stack on my web site (control-click to download) http://home.infostations.net/jhurley/
There are two situations I haven't worked out.
The program need to recognize a delimiter to denote the end of the sub/superscript. Such common delimiter area: comma, period, and space. (In the above equation, a space appears after each superscript, *except* the last--end of line.
But I haven't been able to include "return" or just the end of the field. Anyone????
The line that needs fixing is:
repeat until char tNum+1+j of field 1 is in quote & " " & "," & "." & quote then
How do I get a "return" and end of field into this--between the quote pair?
Jim
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