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| 205.1 | <hat> in next release | CLOSET::ANKLAM | | Tue Apr 07 1987 12:39 | 2 |
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| 205.2 | Shouldn't that be <CIRCUMFLEX> ? | COOKIE::WITHERS | Le plus ca change... | Thu Apr 09 1987 16:08 | 1 |
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| 205.3 | why can't it be hat? | CLOSET::ANKLAM | | Thu Apr 09 1987 19:24 | 8 |
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I tended to use the terms that were familiar to existing TeX math
users on the assumption that TeX's math was developed with
familiarity of common terms. "hat" is what Knuth called it. Is this
too cute?
patti
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| 205.4 | A tip of the <hat> to <circumflex>! | CLOSET::KAIKOW | | Thu Apr 09 1987 20:17 | 5 |
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I forgot what the official name of the character is in ISO 646, it
used to be "circumflex accent" (may have changed in the latest revision to the
ISO standards), however, it is silly to use anything other than <CIRCUMFLEX>,
i.e. remove the <hat>.
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| 205.5 | hat vote here | COOKIE::JOHNSTON | | Thu Apr 09 1987 21:54 | 3 |
| I vote for "hat"; *anything* to save keystrokes!
Rose
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| 205.6 | Another vote for <CIRCUMFLEX> | CRAYON::GENT | Party gone out of bounds -- B52's | Fri Apr 10 1987 11:55 | 4 |
| I vote for <CIRCUMFLEX>. Although I don't like entering long tag
names, circumflex is the standard term (in my dictionary at least).
--Andrew
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| 205.7 | Did you really want to ask? | 3D::BOYACK | pithy...pithy...pithy | Fri Apr 10 1987 12:27 | 6 |
| As a two-finger fury I hate typing, but it seems right to go with
<circumflex>. On the other hand, we don't spell out <list_element>
and <paragraph>... (and so on -- this is a marvelous oppurtunity to
open a rathole)
Joe
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| 205.8 | fwiw: | TLE::SAVAGE | Neil, @Spit Brook | Fri Apr 10 1987 13:11 | 7 |
| In statistics, "hat" is a colloquial term for a circumflex-like
character that goes on top of a letter representing a variable,
for example "y-hat" means a "y" with the circumflex on top.
BTW: despite my wishing to avoid typing extra characters, I side
with the <CIRCUMFLEX> tag folks. Perhaps in could be shortened
to <FLEX>, or perhaps <CFLEX>?
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| 205.9 | ok, ok | CLOSET::ANKLAM | | Fri Apr 10 1987 13:14 | 8 |
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ok, I'll cave in. however, we've frozen the code for the FT update,
so it'll be <hat> until Version 1, when I'll call it <circumflex>.
thanks for the feedback!
patti
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| 205.10 | Since I was asked... | VIDEO::LASKO | Tim Lasko - TBU Architecture | Fri Apr 10 1987 16:45 | 6 |
| 205.11 | Why not user defined sysonyms file | IMAGIN::SAUNDERS | Dan Saunders @CX03 ; 522-5683 | Sat Apr 11 1987 00:32 | 3 |
| Why not just have a file like Datatrieve does to allow user defined SYNONYMS.
Dan
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| 205.12 | Do mathematicians say "hat" or "circumflex"? | TOPDOC::HIDER | Paul Hider | Sat Apr 11 1987 00:56 | 5 |
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Don't forget it *is* a *math* tag, lets not go calling it circumflex if
it is commonly referred to in mathematical circles as a hat.
..Paul
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| 205.13 | ho hum | 3D::BOYACK | pithy...pithy...pithy | Mon Apr 13 1987 11:44 | 1 |
| ...while we're at it, how about calling * splat...
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| 205.14 | | PDVAX::P_DAVIS | Peter Davis, X-NYer | Mon Apr 13 1987 14:21 | 8 |
| I vote for "circumflex", but I think there should be a capability
for defining tag synonyms. The fact that "hat" is more common in
mathematical circles doesn't make it correct. The character is
also used as an accent in French, and probably other languages as
well. The "!" character is frequently called a "shriek" in England,
but I don't think that term should become standard. On the other
hand, if there were an <EXCLAMATION_MARK> tag, I can readily imagine
people wanting to define a shorter synonym.
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| 205.15 | | CLOSET::KAIKOW | | Thu Apr 16 1987 14:46 | 10 |
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1. Many mathematicians would call it the "involution operator"!
2. Although it may be invoked with a <math> tag, it is also a plain
ASCII character (position 5/14).
3. It's use in s programming languages is not as a "hat" rather as a separate
character ( a similar distinction may be made between LOW LINE as a
separate character and UNDERLINE for position 5/15 of ASCII).
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