[seqfan] Re: 4 tildes?

[Harvey P. Dale]

	I'm content with whatever formatting protocol is agreed, but perhaps there might be reasons why slightly different formats would be helpful in different fields?  That's the reason for the parentheses and asterisks surrounding name and date in the Mma field.  If there are good reasons for a separate format in any particular field, the easiest way to achieve consistency would be for Russ to code an exception for that field that automatically puts in the parentheses, asterisks, brackets, etc. where needed . . . but no one would want to add to Russ's already considerable burdens in maintaining the OEIS!  So, on the one hand I'd like clarity about what the rules will be and on the other hand I'd be very happy if I didn't have to think about them and instead could simply use 4 tildes and rely on the server to format whatever seems appropriate.

	Best,

	Harvey
 

-----Original Message-----
From: seqfan-bounces at list.seqfan.eu [mailto:seqfan-bounces at list.seqfan.eu] On Behalf Of Charles Greathouse
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 12:14 AM
To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
Subject: [seqfan] Re: 4 tildes?

I used to write that quite a bit.  But now that we have the new tilde syntax it's probably best to standardize on - ~~~~ rather than [~~~~].

Charles Greathouse
Analyst/Programmer
Case Western Reserve University

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Harvey P. Dale <hpd1 at nyu.edu> wrote:
> Russ:
>
>        This is terrific.  Many thanks.  What would you think about one 
> other special case: 4 tildes surrounded by square brackets?
>
>        Best,
>
>        Harvey
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: seqfan-bounces at list.seqfan.eu
> [mailto:seqfan-bounces at list.seqfan.eu] On Behalf Of Russ Cox
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 3:27 PM
> To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> Subject: [seqfan] Re: 4 tildes?
>
> I am sorry that ~~~~ has caused so much angst.  It was supposed to be 
> a potential convenience, to be taken or left depending on the situation.
> It sounds like some people are insisting on its use, and I think 
> that's unfortunate.
>
> The ~~~~ is only recognized at the end of a line, to avoid potential 
> surprises if used to mean, well, four tildes.  For the most part I 
> think that heuristic works well.  However, I see Mathematica does have 
> the problem that it has no end-of-line comment to use (in, say, C, you 
> could say // ~~~~).  So I added (* ~~~~ *) as a special case.  You can 
> write
> (* ~~~~ *) at the end of a line and it will be rewritten appropriately.
>
> Enjoy.
> Russ
>
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