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From: Frederick Williams on 12 Jun 2010 11:34 Bill Dubuque wrote: > > Frederick Williams <frederick.williams2(a)tesco.net> wrote: > > "W. eWatson" wrote: > > > > > > On 6/11/2010 10:41 AM, Frederick Williams wrote: > > > > "W. eWatson" wrote: > > > >> > > > >> I use Tbird for mail, is there some way to post msgs with math symbols? > > > > > > > > Use TeX sans the \ and $. > > > > > > > Are you saying that TeX (I know a very tiny amount about it) will > > > translate math expressions into ASCII. > > > > No, I'm saying that if you want to mention the intersection of set X and > > Y, don't write > > > > $X \cap Y$, > > > > write > > > > X cap Y. > > Imho X /\ Y is better. In that case one has a clear alternative, but I'm sure we can both think of mathematical symbols that don't have simple ASCII renderings. -- I can't go on, I'll go on.
From: Bill Dubuque on 12 Jun 2010 13:11
Frederick Williams <frederick.williams2(a)tesco.net> wrote: > Bill Dubuque wrote: >> Frederick Williams <frederick.williams2(a)tesco.net> wrote: >>> "W. eWatson" wrote: >>>> >>>> On 6/11/2010 10:41 AM, Frederick Williams wrote: >>>>> "W. eWatson" wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I use Tbird for mail, is there some way to post msgs with math symbols? >>>>> >>>>> Use TeX sans the \ and $. >>>>> >>>> Are you saying that TeX (I know a very tiny amount about it) will >>>> translate math expressions into ASCII. >>> >>> No, I'm saying that if you want to mention the intersection of set X and >>> Y, don't write >>> >>> $X \cap Y$, >>> >>> write >>> >>> X cap Y. >> >> Imho X /\ Y is better. > > In that case one has a clear alternative, but I'm sure we can both think > of mathematical symbols that don't have simple ASCII renderings. But I can't think of any where the TeX form is better than prior ascii forms. |