In that case you could use the 'insert symbol' plugin to create a shortcut for inserting this unicode symbol.
Regards, Jaap On Jun 29, 2015 5:53 PM, "Josh Taillon" <jat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, I had tried using that, but it is less than ideal given trying to > export to other formats. > > Your comment about the gtk decorations led me to another google search > that found this post ( > https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=58941). It > appears in GTK applications, you can use ctrl+shift+u and then type a > unicode character to insert it "on the fly". U+0305 is a combining overline > mark, so by typing "Ctrl+shift+u 0305" you can get it to go over the > previous character. It doesn't look great over numbers, but at least it's > unicode, rather than an image. I suppose this will suffice for now, because > I can't think of a better way to do it. > > Thanks, > Josh > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 11:43 AM Jaap Karssenberg < > jaap.karssenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Ah, yes I should have known - but my classes material science were 10 >> years ago or so ... >> >> How about using the equation editor in this case? I'm assuming latex can >> render these things correctly. >> >> Although I can see that entering would be slower with the editor. Could >> think of some kind of shortcut for entering them inline. >> >> Regards, >> >> Jaap >> On Jun 29, 2015 4:16 PM, "Josh Taillon" <jat...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the information. For reference, my use case is as a materials >>> scientist. We frequently refer to directions within a crystal structure >>> using Miller Indicies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_index). >>> When a direction is negative, it is common practice to place a line over >>> the top to indicate this. I suppose I will make do with the strikethrough. >>> Thanks for the response. >>> >>> - Josh >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 2:55 PM Jaap Karssenberg < >>> jaap.karssenb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Josh, >>>> >>>> Afraid the Gtk toolkit does not provide an option to use overline text >>>> decoration. So will be very difficult to add in zim. Just as Marco I'm also >>>> curious to learn the use this text decoration has for you. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Jaap >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 8:10 PM, Josh Taillon <jat...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Excuse me if this is not the right place to ask a question such as >>>>> this, but I was not sure where else to go for support. >>>>> >>>>> I was wondering if in zim, there was a simple way to have overlined >>>>> text. I see that in the style.conf file, you can change the 'marking' >>>>> command to underline. Is it possible to have some sort of overlining >>>>> capability as well? >>>>> >>>>> Thank you, >>>>> Josh Taillon >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >>>>> Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net >>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>> >>>>>
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