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[PATCH] Use big brackets in Calc in big mode

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Message #19 received at 45917-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 45917-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45917: [PATCH] Use big brackets in Calc in big mode
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 18:59:20 +0100

19 jan. 2021 kl. 16.45 skrev Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>:

>> Maybe, but Calc already has rather too many variables and should we
>> have separate variables for all non-ASCII features then, like the
>> square root sign?
> 
> Possibly?  But I see you've just pushed a fix for parsing the root
> sign.  :-)

Yes, it turned out to be easy! Parsing big brackets is probably not quite as easy; I'm not even going to try.

>> We are just speculating here. I'd hoped for concrete cheerful evidence
>> like 'looks terrible on my terminal', 'completely destroys
>> embedded-mode for me'...
> 
> I'm guessing you won't get feedback like that until you push this
> change.  :-)

Right, now done. Let's see if anything turns up.

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