From bdcf2b3f91bdfd7024f249bdb32ba13a6cd686a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pavel Sanda Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 16:36:53 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add bugzilla comment from Georg to lib/symbols. It is difficult to break through the undocumented format. --- lib/symbols | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/lib/symbols b/lib/symbols index 691b661222..89a64d6ad1 100644 --- a/lib/symbols +++ b/lib/symbols @@ -1,6 +1,9 @@ # # things supported by real insets in mathed # +# +# The syntax of lib/symbols is very ad hoc. +# There are several possible formats of a line, which are quite different. # decorations acute decoration none @@ -191,6 +194,12 @@ tag* mbox forcetext #end end none +# In order to use one of the decorations of MathSupport.cpp, the line must +# be handled by a math inset which calls mathed_draw_deco(). +# If new symbol do not fit into any of the existing insets, it would be ignored +# and new inset must be programmed. +# Better solutions is to use the font to draw the symbols as below. + # # symbols generated from fontmath.ltx #