Re: [Maxima-discuss] indexes and summation conventions / subscripts etc

[Kris K. <kat...@gm...>]

On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 03:17:16PM -0800, Raymond Toy wrote:
> >>>>> "Robert" == Robert Dodier <rob...@gm...> writes:
> 
>     Robert> On 2015-12-16, Raymond Toy <toy...@gm...> wrote:
>     >> And you're wrong aobut forcing people.  I may not want to use it, but
>     >> perhaps the only package that solves a problem for me uses it.  Now I
>     >> have two choices: use the package, or write my own.
> 
>     Robert> Well, three, actually.
> 
>     Robert> put('foo, false, 'display_indices);
> 
> Which isn't really all that appealing either.  Now I get to find the
> all the variables.
> 
> Don't get me wrong. I rather like the display.  But I'm going to
> confuse the pre and post subscripts.  Maybe I'm the only one who
> doesn't use wxmaxima and my concerns are irrelevant, but may be not.

I never use wxmaxima and I also see the potential for confusion with the
pre and post scripts.  Your previous suggestion of using extra
parentheses is not ideal, but I agree that it would be better than
nothing.  I can't think of a better idea right now.

This discussion has gotten quite long and it's hard to keep track of all
of the emails (and a portion of them seem to only pertain to
wxmaxima...), but I do want to say that I think having the ability to
control the sub/superscripts is useful and I think that Robert's method
for doing so looks simple and nice.

Cheers,
Kris Katterjohn