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[PATCH] Use big brackets in Calc in big mode

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Message #8 received at 45917 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: 45917 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45917: [PATCH] Use big brackets in Calc in big mode
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 06:37:19 +0100

Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org> writes:

> The attached patch makes Calc use big brackets in Big mode when the
> Unicode characters are available. This makes for prettier display
> which is sort of the point of using Big mode. It follows previous use
> of Unicode characters for square root and integral signs.

Makes sense to me, but...

> As far as I can tell the only reasons for not applying this would be
> that it is common with fonts or terminals where this doesn't look
> good,

... would it be possible to have a fallback if the display doesn't
support these characters?

> or that the resulting formula isn't recognised by the
> embedded-mode parser (which is already the case with several other
> constructs).

Yeah.  Or there could be a variable to allow the user to not use these
fancy brackets if this is important for them?

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