[Framers] I need a "hat" in an equation

[Syed Zaeem Hosain]

I totally agree with Alan!

LaTeX is unsurpassed in this math and "formula" capability - highly general purpose. You can easily create the entire math "text' and formulas you need - with a little bit of a learning curve - and then create a PDF of that for use elsewhere.

Z

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Framers [mailto:framers-
> bounces+syed.hosain=aeris.net at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Alan
> Litchfield
> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 01:03 PM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: [Framers] I need a "hat" in an equation
> 
> My preference is to use TeX/LaTeX to produce a pdf of the equation. To be honest, I never really had a lot of joy with Frame's equation editor and the output from TeX is far superior to most other tools.
> 
> You can make your learning curve shallower by using one of the many online LaTeX equation tools. They all do pretty much the same thing because they all use pretty much the same binaries to do it with.
> 
> Without thorough testing, this tool seems to provide what I would be looking for (direct input of TeX code, pdf output, some examples): https://www.latex4technics.com
> 
> Here is where you can learn about writing the code: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Mathematics
> 
> Here is a link to all the symbols you might want (all 14032 of them) http://tug.ctan.org/info/symbols/comprehensive/symbols-a4.pdf
> Go to page 100 to find the hat code and other diacritics. e.g. \hat{W} vs \mathring{W} or \bar{a}
> 
> Alan
> 
> On 21/05/16 4:05 am, Lin Sims wrote:
> > One of my engineers gave me a Word document that has an equation I
> > need to reproduce in Frame. One of the letters in that equation is a
> > capital W with what Word describes as a "hat". Essentially, it look
> > like a left angle bracket rotated 90 degrees to point up that has been
> > placed over the W. It is VERY visible.
> >
> > I cannot figure out how to reproduce it. I've tried using the equation
> > editor's diacritic marks, but the mark is too small and too high above
> > the letter. I've tried using the W-character-with-the-circumflex, but
> > again, the mark is too small to see, and this time it's close enough
> > to the letter that it's hard to distinguish it. I thought about using
> > repositioning to move a larger angle over the letter, but I can't find
> > anything like that in the character sets (still looking).
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas? Getting MathML isn't an option. If worse comes
> > to worst, I'll screenshot the bloody thing, but I hate doing that sort
> > of workaround. It feels sloppy.
> >
> 
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