[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[AUCTeX-devel] Re: Bug#366255: auctex: bug in font-lock for << within ma
From: |
Davide G. M. Salvetti |
Subject: |
[AUCTeX-devel] Re: Bug#366255: auctex: bug in font-lock for << within math mode |
Date: |
Sat, 06 May 2006 23:56:14 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
severity 366255 wishlist
tags 366255 + confirmed upstream
forwarded 366255 address@hidden
thanks
[AUCTeX people: please keep address@hidden in cc if and when you
reply. This is a bug report from a Debian user, also in cc.]
>>>>> RH == Robert Hart [2006-5-6]
RH> Package: auctex
RH> Version: 11.82-1
RH> Severity: minor
RH> If I use << within math mode (to mean much less than), then the
RH> remainder of the document appears grey. e.g.
RH> some text
RH> $1 << 100$
RH> some more text
RH> I believe this occurs because << is considered to be a form of
RH> double quotes, and because there isn't a matching >> the
RH> font-locking gets confused. I'm not sure of the feasibilty of not
RH> matching << and >> within math-mode.
Hi Robert,
things behave the way you say, but I don't think this is a bug, or at
least not in the sense you mean. In particular, from a typographical
standpoint, I don't think you should use $<<$ to mean much less than:
$<$ is a binary relation, it has special spacing before and after, and
is not really meant to be doubled; you should really use $\ll$ instead,
as in $1 \ll 100$.
Anyhow, I'm forwarding this report upstream, as it is maybe unclear
whether "<<" and ">>" matching in math mode is useful or troublesome.
--
Ciao, Davide
- [AUCTeX-devel] Re: Bug#366255: auctex: bug in font-lock for << within math mode,
Davide G. M. Salvetti <=