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Re: TeX Gyre Pagella font question

2008-10-13T06:35:01Z

Not at all :) The method you describe would work nicely.
Cheers,
Will

Re: Miktex and egrep

2008-10-13T00:26:50Z

Maybe
findstr /r %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
?
(It's been a *long* time since I last wrote a Windows batch file, so
you should seek a second opinion.)
-- Scott

Re: \romannumeral-expansion after number in`-notation

2008-10-12T22:26:51Z

It could be in order to accommodate constructions like
\edef\abc#1{\ifnum\x=#1 \y\else\z\fi}
where #1 is expected to be a <number>. If you need \abc to be
completely expandable a \relax can be something to avoid. The space
is needed when the call is \abc{42}, but the input might also be
\abc{`*} and the space would creep in.

Re: SI units and numbers in the body of the text

2008-10-12T21:19:51Z

Joseph Wright schrieb:
THX.

Re: \romannumeral-expansion after number in`-notation

2008-10-12T21:12:14Z

And I don't know what Don was thinking when he introduced the optional
space after character constants.

Re: SI units and numbers in the body of the text

2008-10-12T21:09:58Z

From "For the impatient":
By default, all text is typeset in the current upright, serif maths
font.
Which doesn't mention $ ... $ directly, but does hopefully make the
point.

Re: SI units and numbers in the body of the text

2008-10-12T20:50:49Z

Martin Heller schrieb:
I am currently reading the documentation. But I can not find where it
says that I do not need to use $ $ in the text.

Re: SI units and numbers in the body of the text

2008-10-12T20:42:57Z

Short answer: yes.
From the package description:
[snip] The siunitx package takes the best from the existing
packages, and adds new features and a consistent interface.[snip]
See also: <[link]>.

Re: SI units and numbers in the body of the text

2008-10-12T20:32:19Z

Joseph Wright schrieb:
Should this package be an evolution of SIunits and SIstyle package?
It works fine!

Re: SI units and numbers in the body of the text

2008-10-12T20:16:24Z

With siunitx:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document}
\SI{1000000}{\cubic\centi\metr e}
\end{document}
should do what you want out of the box (siunitx uses maths text by
default).

SI units and numbers in the body of the text

2008-10-12T18:06:56Z

Hi,
I have to write the following sentence:
The reservoir capacity is superior to $\unit{1000000}{\cubicmetre}$. Is
it right to use the mathematic style $$ in the text. Is there an option
of the package SI units to separate the digtis in blocks of three. Or is
it preferable to use the separator ,?

Miktex and egrep

2008-10-12T16:02:57Z

Texers:
There are contexts where I need gnuwin32 tools within Auctex but the
scripts seem to be useable only in Linux or Cygwin. Are there any native
Windows equivalents to this egrep script?:
exec grep -E ${1+"$@"}
This was downloaded from the gnuwin32 sourceforge site but of course it
won't work on Windows 2000.

Re: stuck on macro definition and usage

2008-10-12T13:15:15Z

Thanks Robin,
I changed the edefs with defs and it now seems to work.
EBo --
ps: sorry for not providing a minimal example -- I could not sleep and
decided to work on this some more and was not thinking clearly (or
thinking of being even clearer).

Re: TeX Gyre Pagella font question

2008-10-12T10:54:27Z

i've long had an idea at the back of my mind, of writing a general-
purpose oldstyle-numbers vf generator. (there are some such sets for
cm and ec fonts, on ctan, but nothing one can just run and get what
you need for the font you want.)
however, nowadays, as we move towards opentype fonts, it seems silly

Re: stuck on macro definition and usage

2008-10-12T10:48:22Z

eucch!
at a guess, it'll be because \@tmpa is defined at the start of the
macro call. since you're using \edef, the definition, once you get
it, will be really odd. for example, \@empty will have been replaced
by nothing at all (that's it's definition). so suppose \@tmpa had
previously been defined as X, we would see