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- Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 16:58:00 -0400
- From: Oswald Wyler <ow0a+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Re: electronic math notation
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- TeX notation forces you to do more typing, but at least there is a reasonable
- chance to be understood. Some shortcuts are simply unacceptable.
- Example xi. I'll read this as a greek letter, preceding eta.
- Example j=i+1. Extremely dangerous; what do you do with a matrix with
- entries aij? I'd rather type x_{i+1} and a_{i,j}.
- In any case, if your editor allows customizing (e.g. Emacs), you can easily
- define a macro that types out {} for you and leaves you inside.
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