Re: Using \[Breve] as a substitute for underscore
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- Subject: [mg91074] Re: Using \[Breve] as a substitute for underscore
- From: "Kevin J. McCann" <Kevin.McCann at umbc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 04:03:33 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: University System of Maryland
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I am not sure if this is what you want, but I routinely use primed characters by Symbolizing (character)_superscript_esc'esc In which the superscript is the usual ctl-^. This actually makes a nice large prime. Here is A': \!\(\*SuperscriptBox["A", "\[Prime]"]\) Kevin David Park wrote: > Thanks Carlos for bringing LetterSpace to our attention. It shows that WRI > can add some extra characters if they wish. > > I am still eagerly awaiting the day when WRI will similarly supply us with > 'PrimeCharacter' and 'DoublePrimeCharacter' that display at the correct > height and don't sit on the floor. Then users will easily be able to use > some of the most common notation in math books. > > -- > David Park > djmpark at comcast.net > http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark/ > > > "Cca" <cca at gregosetroianos.mat.br> wrote in message > news:g73u00$ng4$1 at smc.vnet.net... >> Steven, >> >> One of the new small things in Mathematica 6 (so it seems) is the >> non-printing character \[LetterSpace]. The alias is Esc_Esc (Esc >> underscore Esc). >> >> Try this (on diferent Input cells): >> >> x\[LetterSpace]y >> >> x\[LetterSpace]y//Head >> >> x\[LetterSpace]y=1 >> >> x\[LetterSpace]y+1 >> >> Clear[x\[LetterSpace]y] >> >> Hope this might help you in some way. >> >> Carlos C=E9sar de Ara=FAjo >> Gregos & Troianos Educacional >> http://www.gregosetroianos.mat.br >> MSN: cca_gregosetroianos at hotmail.com >> Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil >> (31) 3283-1122 >> >> > >