From ben.bob at gmail.com  Sat Mar  5 16:09:57 2005
From: ben.bob at gmail.com (Bo Peng)
Date: Sat Mar  5 16:09:59 2005
Subject: [Doc-SIG] Re: Big latex subscript font using python.sty and
	manual.cls
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Anyone? I guess this list is no longer active?

Bo


On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:47:55 -0600, Bo Peng <ben.bob@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear list,
> 
> I am writing a manual for my python extension using Python (2.4) latex
> classes. Everything seems to be fine except that the subscripts are as
> big as normal text ( see page 55 of
> http://bp6.stat.rice.edu:8080/simuPOP_doc/userGuide.pdf ). I doubt
> that the following piece of code in python.sty is causing the problem
> but can not fix it. (I get errors when commenting out this block of
> code.) Does anyone know what is happening here? Maybe there is a font
> size setting somewhere?
> 
> Note that the subscripts are OK if I use other classes like report.cls.
> 
> Many thanks in advance.
> 
> Bo
> 
> %%%%% in python.sty %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> % This gets the underscores closer to the right width; the only change
> % from standard LaTeX is the width specified.
> 
> \DeclareTextCommandDefault{\textunderscore}{%
>   \leavevmode \kern.06em\vbox{\hrule\@width.55em}}
> 
> % Underscore hack (only act like subscript operator if in math mode)
> %
> % The following is due to Mark Wooding (the old version didn't work with
> % Latex 2e.
> 
> \DeclareRobustCommand\hackscore{%
>   \ifmmode_\else\textunderscore\fi%
> }
> \begingroup
> \catcode`\_\active
> \def\next{%
>   \AtBeginDocument{\catcode`\_\active\def_{\hackscore{}}}%
> }
> \expandafter\endgroup\next
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
From fdrake at acm.org  Mon Mar  7 04:18:15 2005
From: fdrake at acm.org (Fred L. Drake, Jr.)
Date: Mon Mar  7 04:18:37 2005
Subject: [Doc-SIG] Re: Big latex subscript font using python.sty and
	manual.cls
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	<6ea7b543050305070957c1a559@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <200503061718.15771.fdrake@acm.org>

On Saturday 05 March 2005 05:09, Bo Peng wrote:
 > Anyone? I guess this list is no longer active?

The list is still active; sorry for the delay.  I've been travelling for 
business lately and haven't had time to look into this at all.

I'll try to take a look in the next week or so, but my time is pretty limited 
right now.


  -Fred

-- 
Fred L. Drake, Jr.  <fdrake at acm.org>
From ben.bob at gmail.com  Thu Mar 24 06:24:02 2005
From: ben.bob at gmail.com (Bo Peng)
Date: Thu Mar 24 06:24:03 2005
Subject: [Doc-SIG] Re: Big latex subscript font using python.sty and
	manual.cls
In-Reply-To: <6ea7b543050215184714551657@mail.gmail.com>
References: <6ea7b543050215184714551657@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <6ea7b5430503232124346363c9@mail.gmail.com>

> I am writing a manual for my python extension using Python (2.4) latex
> classes. Everything seems to be fine except that the subscripts are as
> big as normal text

Problem solved.

> %%%%% in python.sty %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> % This gets the underscores closer to the right width; the only change
> % from standard LaTeX is the width specified.
> 
> \DeclareTextCommandDefault{\textunderscore}{%
>   \leavevmode \kern.06em\vbox{\hrule\@width.55em}}
> 
> % Underscore hack (only act like subscript operator if in math mode)
> %
> % The following is due to Mark Wooding (the old version didn't work with
> % Latex 2e.
> 
> \DeclareRobustCommand\hackscore{%
>   \ifmmode_\else\textunderscore\fi%
> }
> \begingroup
> \catcode`\_\active
> \def\next{%
>   \AtBeginDocument{\catcode`\_\active\def_{\hackscore{}}}%
> }
> \expandafter\endgroup\next
> 


This part *is* causing the problem. After commenting out these lines and use 
  \usepackage{underscore}
for my underscores int ext, subscripts are fine now. 

Please consider fixing the problem.
Bo
From fdrake at acm.org  Thu Mar 24 07:23:44 2005
From: fdrake at acm.org (Fred L. Drake, Jr.)
Date: Thu Mar 24 07:24:00 2005
Subject: [Doc-SIG] Re: Big latex subscript font using python.sty and
	manual.cls
In-Reply-To: <6ea7b5430503232124346363c9@mail.gmail.com>
References: <6ea7b543050215184714551657@mail.gmail.com>
	<6ea7b5430503232124346363c9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <200503240123.44940.fdrake@acm.org>

On Thursday 24 March 2005 00:24, Bo Peng wrote:
 > Problem solved.
...
 > This part *is* causing the problem. After commenting out these lines and
 > use \usepackage{underscore}
 > for my underscores int ext, subscripts are fine now.

Your TeX-fu is much greater than mine.  I don't think I'd have found this 
solution, since I didn't have underscore.sty in my installation.  I found a 
copy using Google, and it did the trick.

I've made this change in the CVS for the Python trunk, and added your name to 
Doc/ACKS.

Thanks for pursuing this!


  -Fred

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Fred L. Drake, Jr.  <fdrake at acm.org>