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

[Lin Sims]

It is an estimated value hat over a W matrix.

I think I'll grab a screenshot, assuming our corporate style standards
allow, and I believe they do.

On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 4:28 PM, William Saylor <wsaylor at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> Alan,
>         I feel your pain. If you have to do this a lot MathType is not very
> expensive and easy to use in FM (either OLE or MathML).  IMHO it is
> becoming
> the most widely used equation editor for hundreds of applications.
>         I assume you are adding the "estimated value" hat over a W matrix.
> The MT output to me looks better than anything else I have seen.
> Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Framers
> [mailto:framers-bounces+wsaylor=earthlink.net at lists.frameusers.com] On
> Behalf Of Alan Litchfield
> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 2:03 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.
> >
>
> --
> Dr Alan Litchfield
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> Auckland, New Zealand 1140
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