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Hi, How to use a pipe symbol (|) in a text? Both | and \| give errors. Regards, Vyatcheslav
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On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 01:04:55AM +0100, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Am 24.01.2011 um 00:26 schrieb Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky:
Hi,
How to use a pipe symbol (|) in a text?
Both | and \| give errors.
\starttext a \textbar\ b \letterbar\ c \type{|} d ||| e \stoptext
Just wondering, what is special about | now we can even have ^ and $ in text mode? Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer
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Am 24.01.2011 um 12:47 schrieb Khaled Hosny:
Just wondering, what is special about | now we can even have ^ and $ in text mode?
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On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 01:01:10PM +0100, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Am 24.01.2011 um 12:47 schrieb Khaled Hosny:
Just wondering, what is special about | now we can even have ^ and $ in text mode?
I see, but it is a feature I'd never need (not when typesetting Arabic at least), is there a way to switch it off and get regular | instead? Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer
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Am 24.01.2011 um 13:44 schrieb Khaled Hosny:
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 01:01:10PM +0100, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Am 24.01.2011 um 12:47 schrieb Khaled Hosny:
Just wondering, what is special about | now we can even have ^ and $ in text mode?
I see, but it is a feature I'd never need (not when typesetting Arabic at least), is there a way to switch it off and get regular | instead?
\asciimode \starttext a $ b % c _ d ^ e | f \formula{a^2} \stoptext BTW: There is also \startasciimode … \stopasciimode Wolfgang
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On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 09:31:06AM +0100, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Am 24.01.2011 um 13:44 schrieb Khaled Hosny:
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 01:01:10PM +0100, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Am 24.01.2011 um 12:47 schrieb Khaled Hosny:
Just wondering, what is special about | now we can even have ^ and $ in text mode?
I see, but it is a feature I'd never need (not when typesetting Arabic at least), is there a way to switch it off and get regular | instead?
\asciimode \starttext a $ b % c _ d ^ e | f \formula{a^2} \stoptext
Just in time! exactly what I was googling for a second ago (apart from the bar, I wanted the others too!) Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer
participants (4)
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Khaled Hosny
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Li Yanrui (李延瑞)
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Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
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Wolfgang Schuster