On 8-4-2010 10:37, Mikael Persson wrote:

Thanks for you answer and explanation. Is there a reason why you do not add \| to get double bars? This is the way it is done in LaTeX (OK, not really an argument). I'm just curious.

we never had \| in mkii and in mkiv it's equivalent to | (just like \$ is $ and not two $'s) .. i can find no reason for an escaped | being two |'s Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------