Re:AsciiMath: An easy-to-write markup language for mathematics
by maxnoe on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @03:28AM
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Use the power of combinatorics! 26 keys offer 18252 2 letter + three letter combinations.
Using special chars even more.
Compose key is memetic and easy to use on all operating systems.
Re:AsciiMath: An easy-to-write markup language for mathematics
by eviks on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @07:00AM
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>Unicode is for viewing
So? That's exactly what ∑√ allows you to do: view these nicer chars instead of the verbose/ugly names
> We're never going to have 2^32 keys on our keyboards.
And how is this relevant? You don't need 2^32, a much smaller number would suffice. Just read the posted link and count the number of rows - that's closer to your upper limit
These keys aren't on my keyboard.
If they're on your keyboard, just reprogram them to emit `sum` and `sqrt` respectively.
Unicode is for viewing; keyboard locales are for inputting. We're never going to have 2^32 keys on our keyboards.