Talk:ASCII math notation

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Missing topics within this article: --Abdull 08:25, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Significance of this notation,
 * links for further reading,
 * associated topics (such as TeX),
 * more examples,
 * full list of operations/complete style guide.

This article is too informal, and uses some rather cliché words where better could be used. For example, could the title be "Internet Equation Shorthand" or "Internet Equation Abbreviation"? And the two terms long-hand and short-hand definetely need to be changed. I will work on this Saturday, if I can. EulerGamma 02:37, 1 September 2006 (UTC)


 * "Abbreviation" makes no sense, because many of these expressions are much longer than traditional mathematical notation. I think the correct term would be "linear notation" or "linearized notation"; those terms at least turn up relevant results on Google. By the way, all formulas aren't equations. Fredrik Johansson 20:27, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

True, it would be linear rather than abbreviation. I just thought of abbreviation on the spot. I can't think of anything better, so I'll just revert all of the terms "abbreviation" back to short-hand for now. Also, by "equations" I guess I meant "expressions," but "Internet Expression Shorthand" sounds too much like it is shorthand for 'internet expressions'. Internet shorthand notation it is. EulerGamma 03:07, 3 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm saying the article title should probably be "linear notation", "linear mathematical notation", or something similar. Have in mind that this kind of notation isn't used exclusively for communication on the Internet; it is also essentially the notation used by programming languages, TeX, documentation limited to plain text files, etc. Fredrik Johansson 09:52, 3 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Should we just make the page about the linear notation for mathematical expressions in general instead of just on the internet? When I first saw this article, | The Dr. Math Forum immediately came to mind. Now, it seems we might include general notation that may be used on the internet, chats, text, programming, and LaTeX/TeX/MikTeX/etc script. It would be a more complete and purposeful article on Wikipedia, so I'm for it. I don't know how to change an article title, does someone just move the text (wiki-markup) to a new article and delete the old one? EulerGamma 18:46, 4 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree that the article should be expanded (and moved, though I won't opine on what the new title should be), but I also think it's important that it maintains a separation between formal notations (such as those for TeX or for various programming languages), and ad-hoc notations that people use when communicating among themselves. They're related, of course, but different. Yes, a bunch of these examples look like TeX, but essentially none of them would actually parse as TeX. I might offer more input or do some work on this in the future, but right now I need to get some sleep, so you're stuck with my two cents. Andrew Rodland 08:42, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

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This would be helpful to include. Somebody can modify the color scheme to fit the site better. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by The Roc 1217 (talk • contribs) 04:57, 6 April 2007 (UTC).