RE: sign padding

I don't know what a mediummathspace is supposed to be in terms of EM
width but I would guess it is different than an EN.

Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Chris Chiasson
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 10:25 AM
> To: Paul Topping
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: sign padding
> 
> here is an en space:
> http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2002/index.htm
> 
> In Courier New font, should a regular space (mediummathspace) and a
> MathML minus sign operator be the same width?
> 
> On 2/27/07, Paul Topping <[email protected]> wrote:
> > A minus is usually has "en" width so an en space might be what you
> need.
> > Don't know the Unicode for that but I'm pretty sure it exists.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [email protected] [mailto:dev-tech-
> > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Chiasson
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 8:54 AM
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: sign padding
> > >
> > > What is the best way to achieve sign padding in front of an <mn>
> such
> > > that the leading space is as wide as a <mo>-</mo>? I tried using
> > > Courier New (monospaced) font along with <mspace
> width='0.22222222em'>
> > > (the default width of mediummathspace), but that wasn't wide
> enough.
> > :-
> > > [
> > >
> > > Should I be looking at mphantom?
> > >
> > > P.S. I'm generating the MathML fragment from a linear string that
> > > contains the spaces, sign (if negative), and number. because my
> rules
> > > are part of a more general conversion system, I should reasonably
> > > assign an mspace width - not just one that happens to be as large
> as
> > > <mo>-</mo>.
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