- From: Andreas Nolda <andreas.nolda@rz.hu-berlin.de>
- Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:17:29 +0100
- To: Robert Miner <RobertM@dessci.com>
- Cc: www-math@w3.org
> > (1) <math> > > <msup> > > <mi>X</mi> > > <mo>′</mo> > > </msup> > > </math> > (1) is the correct way to markup up x'. The Math WG has taken up this > question several times, and always agreed that the superscript > notation better captures the structure, and it the preferred markup. > > However, the glyph corresponding to ′ in standard Unicode fonts > > (for instance, the X11's Misc-Fixed fonts or Microsoft's Arial) is > > analogous in height to ', the ASCII apostrophe. > > Yes, this is true, and the Unicode description of the character states > explicitly that this is the raised, shrunken, accent version of the > character. Of course this is at odds with TeX and (as indicated > above) MathML usage, which is a real drag. But then, it appears to me that (1') would be more appropriate than (1): (1') <math> <msup> <mi>X</mi> <mo>&texPrime;</mo> </msup> </math> where &texPrime; is the non-raised, non-shrunken prime symbol (TeX's \prime). Unfortunately, as far as I see, Unicode does not include it ... Andreas Nolda -- Andreas Nolda e-mail: andreas.nolda@rz.hu-berlin.de Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter www: http://www2.hu-berlin.de/ linguistik/institut/nolda/ Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Philosophische Fakultät II Institut für deutsche Sprache und Linguistik Unter den Linden 6 phone: ++49-30-2093-9718 D-10099 Berlin fax: ++49-30-2093-9729
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