I would second that. I can use it in computer program documentation for many different things.
Greetings Dierk > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas A.Schmitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Not seeing the wood because of so > many trees > > > Sorry for going back to an older thread, but I don't think > the question > was answered properly. Alexander Klink wanted to know how to typeset > "{" and "}". Suggestions were "\type|{| and \type|}|" or "$\{$ and > $\}$". Neither of which is satisfactory, because it will typeset them > either in typewriter or in math font. We had a discussion > about similar > questions a while ago. I still think we should have "\{" and > "\}" for > this kind of thing. As long as this isn't available, I see no better > solution than "\getglyph{Serif}{123}" and > "\getglyph{Serif}{125}" vel. > sim. For those of us working in the humanities, these curly > braces are > sometimes necessary (e.g., in critical editions), and having them in > typewriter or math fonts isn't acceptable. So may I continue my rally > for \{ etc.? > > All best > > Thomas > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
