2009/8/17 प्रविण सातपुते pravin.d.s@gmail.com
2009/8/16 Naveen Kumar nav007@gmail.com
Currently it's just a keymap which makes use of thefacilities provided to us by the iiimf (Internet/Intranet Input Method Framework). But I intend to build more over it, maybe a full fledged mathematical package . And while compiling it I came across a lot of demerits of current Unicode encoding scheme for mathematical text input.
might be there only one, missing some maths symbol
In the next version I will try to put all possible symbols. Maybe even some additional things.
If I am not wrong TeX/LateX use font based rendering scheme to generate
final
images of the mathematical formulas which are not character symbols.
Unicode has incorporated many symbols already in Unicode, so as far as Character symbol has corresponding Unicode code point and font has corresponding shape included in it, i think it should not create any problem
At some places complicated things cannot be written using just Unicode symbols.
For example when we require any script to act as super script as in symbols for upper limit and lower limit in summation,
or let us say 2^(2^(2^2)) were the 2 must apply 3 levels of superscript styling.
Also the symbols like integration and summation must have some kind of place holders to depict these upper and lower limits.
extendable natural horizontal line for separating numerator and denominator part of a fractional equation. Right now we might have to do away with (/) symbol.
The same case with nth root; the horizontal line must cover the equation from the above completely. Right now we do away with (√ ∛√)
There are numerous such examples. Some of these demerits can be easily removed while others may require careful thinking. These need to be removed gradually by Unicode consortium, provided some agency works on it. Also the font based mechanisms of latex could be incorporated, but in order for rendering engine to take such decisions, such instructions need to be provided to them. And incorporating specialized code points like \Ux200C and \Ux200D to do these might suffice to some extent. I will try and highlight these things in the white paper. Just give me some time to do just that.
Currently TeX/LateX can do "much much" more than just raw Unicode characters for mathematical text input. I am also planning to write some kind of
white
paper on this.
yeah, that will be nice
Nice work congrats
Thanks a lot. Give me some time to compile that white paper.
Thanks and regards Naveen Kumar