This is an ineresting idea. May be J use overstrike using latex if it can make
j expression easier to recognise.
\"a\"b\"c\"d\"e\"f\"g\"<\">\"?\",\".\"[\"+\"=\"-\"*
\.a\.b\.c\.d\.e\.f\.g\.<\.>\.?\~,\~.\.[\.+\.=\.-\.*
moinmoin seem have trouble with this, but latex itself should be ok.
On Sat, 30 May 2009, Roger Hui wrote:
> If anything, I would make the dot and the colon _smaller_
> because they are like the accents in à or á .
>
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Devon McCormick <[email protected]>
> Date: Saturday, May 30, 2009 8:55
> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Italic Fonts?
> To: Programming forum <[email protected]>
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> > On the other hand, it would be nice to have a display font for J
> > with the
> > small "dot" characters (period and colon) more prominently emphasized.
> >
> > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Roger Hui <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > I believe that "The Design of J", if it had been written,
> > > would have frowned on such font tricks, having learned
> > > from the bitter experience with the special characters
> > > in APL.
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