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Phillip Helbig---undress to reply
Jan 2, 2012, 5:25:38 PM1/2/12
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Some journals (I won't mention any names (but (perhaps) you can guess
them)) want the first part of this sentence written as
Some journals {I won't mention any names [but (perhaps) you can guess
them]}
This is even trickier than it seems when one takes into account that
innermost parentheses can be produced by a macro such as \citep. Also,
while one might be able to type it in relatively easily, mistakes can
creep in if one later modifies the text to change the number of nested
parentheses.
Is there any LaTeX package which can handle this automatically? Of
course, one should also be able to define the bracket order, which in
the above example is {[(0)]}. Also, this might be desired in text mode,
in math mode, both or neither.
them)) want the first part of this sentence written as
Some journals {I won't mention any names [but (perhaps) you can guess
them]}
This is even trickier than it seems when one takes into account that
innermost parentheses can be produced by a macro such as \citep. Also,
while one might be able to type it in relatively easily, mistakes can
creep in if one later modifies the text to change the number of nested
parentheses.
Is there any LaTeX package which can handle this automatically? Of
course, one should also be able to define the bracket order, which in
the above example is {[(0)]}. Also, this might be desired in text mode,
in math mode, both or neither.
Lars Madsen
Jan 5, 2012, 6:29:31 AM1/5/12
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Phillip Helbig---undress to reply
Jan 5, 2012, 7:10:46 AM1/5/12
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In article <4f05899b$0$285$1472...@news.sunsite.dk>, Lars Madsen
parentheses in equations. Then I got the proof and found that they had
been corrected in the text. Even if someone corrects the proof (even
better if someone actually reads it, rather than doing it automatically,
since this can catch real errors one couldn't catch automatically), I
prefer to submit a manuscript which needs no corrections.
<dal...@RTFMSIGNATUREimf.au.dk> writes:
> > Is there any LaTeX package which can handle this automatically? Of
> > course, one should also be able to define the bracket order, which in
> > the above example is {[(0)]}. Also, this might be desired in text mode,
> > in math mode, both or neither.
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> also in text? I've inly seen this in relation to math
Yes. I suspected only math as well, but I didn't have any nested
> > Is there any LaTeX package which can handle this automatically? Of
> > course, one should also be able to define the bracket order, which in
> > the above example is {[(0)]}. Also, this might be desired in text mode,
> > in math mode, both or neither.
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> also in text? I've inly seen this in relation to math
parentheses in equations. Then I got the proof and found that they had
been corrected in the text. Even if someone corrects the proof (even
better if someone actually reads it, rather than doing it automatically,
since this can catch real errors one couldn't catch automatically), I
prefer to submit a manuscript which needs no corrections.
Lars Madsen
Jan 5, 2012, 7:20:24 AM1/5/12
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'easy' to implement, csquotes \enquote macro can handle this correctly:
\enquote{blah blah \enquote{blah blah} blah}
Dan
Jan 5, 2012, 4:59:43 PM1/5/12
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On Jan 5, 6:20 am, Lars Madsen <dal...@RTFMSIGNATUREimf.au.dk> wrote:
> Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote, On 2012-01-05 13:10:
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> Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote, On 2012-01-05 13:10:
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the same (say, doublequotes), first level inner quotes are always
the same (say, singlequotes), etc. Thus each open quote has only
to increment the nesting leve and place the open quote mark
attached to that level. Then each close quote places the close quote
mark and decrements the level. Of course, there can be other
complications, but the implementation of nesting is usually pretty
simple.
On the other hand, the rules for fences are usually the reverse:
innermost fences are always (), next outer are [], etc. This means
the opening fence has to wait until all the fences between it and
the matching close have been detected before it can decide whether
to be ( or [ or {.
I can only think of a two-stage process: the first stage merely
executes the contents in a box, each nested fence merely
incrementing a depth parameter. Afterward the command
places the fence associated with the depth around its contents.
Something like the following pseudocode:
\fence{X}
-> incr depth (globally)
run X in box z
case depth
1 -> (box z)
2 -> [box z]
3 -> {box z}
endcase
decr depth
Caveat: not even implemented, much less tested.
Dan
Peter Flynn
Jan 6, 2012, 3:49:46 AM1/6/12
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On 02/01/12 22:25, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
> Some journals (I won't mention any names (but (perhaps) you can guess
> them)) want the first part of this sentence written as
>
> Some journals {I won't mention any names [but (perhaps) you can guess
> them]}
a. Am I the only one to find this astonishing? We know that journal
> Some journals (I won't mention any names (but (perhaps) you can guess
> them)) want the first part of this sentence written as
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> Some journals {I won't mention any names [but (perhaps) you can guess
> them]}
publishers are anal-retentive, but this seems to take things to an
extreme.
b. Writing which requires parenthetical expression three levels deep
should be rewritten in plainer language.
///Peter
Phillip Helbig---undress to reply
Jan 6, 2012, 4:30:40 AM1/6/12
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In article <9mnqtb...@mid.individual.net>, Peter Flynn
In this case, I had a few rather long footnotes. The paper was accepted
quickly and essentially the only recommendation was to move the longer
footnotes into the main text. This sometimes resulted in an extra level
of parentheses.
quickly and essentially the only recommendation was to move the longer
footnotes into the main text. This sometimes resulted in an extra level
of parentheses.
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