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Re: C-x 8 shorthands for ≤ and ≥
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Rasmus |
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Re: C-x 8 shorthands for ≤ and ≥ |
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Mon, 11 May 2015 18:34:51 +0200 |
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Artur Malabarba <address@hidden> writes:
> 2015-05-11 16:40 GMT+01:00 Yuri Khan <address@hidden>:
>> Consider also that there is the ≫ character (U+226B MUCH GREATER
>> THAN), which is semantically a better match for >>.
>
> Good point. Since «» are quotation marks they could instead be moved
> under <" and >". That's not as intuitive, but it's still easy to
> remember once you see it once.
> Also, most cases where a user types C-x 8 >>, they'll be looking for
> the ≫ and not the ». Not that » isn't used, it's just that (I think)
> most people who type » have it in their keyboard layout already.
For some languages, LaTeX will interpret ">>" as "»". E.g.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[spanish]{babel}
\begin{document}
<<foo>>
\end{document}
—Rasmus
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- C-x 8 shorthands for ≤ and ≥, Kaushal, 2015/05/11
- Re: C-x 8 shorthands for ≤ and ≥, Kaushal, 2015/05/11
- Re: C-x 8 shorthands for ≤ and ≥, Stefan Monnier, 2015/05/11
- Re: C-x 8 shorthands for ≤ and ≥, Kaushal, 2015/05/11
- Re: C-x 8 shorthands for ≤ and ≥, Artur Malabarba, 2015/05/11
- Re: C-x 8 shorthands for ≤ and ≥, Marcin Borkowski, 2015/05/11
- Re: C-x 8 shorthands for ≤ and ≥, Yuri Khan, 2015/05/11
- Re: C-x 8 shorthands for ≤ and ≥, Kaushal, 2015/05/11
- Re: C-x 8 shorthands for ≤ and ≥, Artur Malabarba, 2015/05/11
- Re: C-x 8 shorthands for ≤ and ≥,
Rasmus <=
- Re: C-x 8 shorthands for ≤ and ≥, Kaushal, 2015/05/11
- Re: C-x 8 shorthands for ≤ and ≥, Marcin Borkowski, 2015/05/11
- Re: C-x 8 shorthands for ≤ and ≥, Stefan Monnier, 2015/05/11
- RE: C-x 8 shorthands for = and =, Drew Adams, 2015/05/11
- Re: C-x 8 shorthands for ≤ and ≥, Kaushal, 2015/05/12
- Re: C-x 8 shorthands for ≤ and ≥, Kaushal, 2015/05/12
- Re: C-x 8 shorthands for ≤ and ≥, Werner LEMBERG, 2015/05/11
- Re: C-x 8 shorthands for ≤ and ≥, Kaushal, 2015/05/11