Juan <juanfc@...> writes:
El 12/02/2007, a las 1:24, Jacob Rus escribió:
I am used to write things like x^2 pressing x and then ^ (a dead-key in spanish keyboard) and then just 2.
I think you want to use the actual "^" caret key rather than the little circumflex accent which is likely on your dead key (at least it is on opt-i on US keymaps). I've never seen anyone use the circumflex accent to represent superscripts/exponents.
Of course Jakob, I am writing LaTeX, and the simple thing I want is
y = x^2in Mail I just write:
y = x^2
(since the dead-key doesn't find any char 2 with circunflex and then understands that I want the caret char and then the 2 char)
Aha, sorry, I suppose I misunderstood how the Spanish keymap works. In the US layout, if you type option-I, you get a "ˆ" symbol, whereas "^" is shift-6. Apparently in the Spanish keymap, if you press the "ˆ" key and then a 2 or space or whatever you're left with "^". Sorry. So if I press x, then option-i, and then 2, I get "xˆ2", which is what I assumed you'd get if you did the equivalent on the Spanish keyboard. I've never seen anyone use the "ˆ" for exponentiation.
As to why TextMate behaves like this: I think it's just a current oversight in the function of the text widget. Presumably Allan can shed more light on this.
-Jacob (o "Jacobo" en México) Rus