Re: MATH

Bj|rn-Helge Mevik (bhm@math.uio.no)
Mon, 13 May 1996 10:08:20 GMT 

Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 10:08:20 GMT
Message-Id: <199605131008.KAA26090@io.uio.no>
To: www-html@w3.org
In-Reply-To: <199605130941.LAA09331@gilgamesj.uio.no> (message from Lineaer Algebraiker on Mon, 13 May 1996 11:42:13 +0200)
Subject: Re: MATH
From: Bj|rn-Helge Mevik <bhm@math.uio.no>

[James =D8. Baum]
>Thats not the point. Authors are guaranteed to try to use these =
symbols=20
>outside of <math> so any good browser would have to support them =
anyway - so=20
>why not make this the definition!

	I do not agree.  That would be similar to saying that spelling
	checkers should accept a word like "inappropriate" spelled as
	"inapropriate", because a lot of people (mis-)spell it that way.

>That way we avoid the (IMHO) unwanted possibility of a symbol having
>one representation in and one out of <math> - =20

	If a symbol is not allowed outside of <math>, it cannot possibly
	be rendered differently outside than inside.

>the two examples I recollect here are :
>&times; 'x' out of and "centered dot" in <math>
>&rarr;  "registered trademark" out of and "right arrow" in <math>

	I agree that this is not a good behavior, specially not the
	&rarr; duality.  IMHO, the best	solution is to give the symbols
	different entity names.


					B/H

--=20
Bj=F8rn-Helge Mevik	<bhm@math.uio.no>