1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 3cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*52ac0773SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 5cdf0e10cSrcweir * 6*52ac0773SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*52ac0773SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*52ac0773SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 9*52ac0773SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*52ac0773SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*52ac0773SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*52ac0773SAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 13*52ac0773SAndrew Rist * 14*52ac0773SAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 15*52ac0773SAndrew Rist * 16*52ac0773SAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 17*52ac0773SAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 18*52ac0773SAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 19*52ac0773SAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 20*52ac0773SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*52ac0773SAndrew Rist * under the License. 22*52ac0773SAndrew Rist * 23*52ac0773SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 24*52ac0773SAndrew Rist 25*52ac0773SAndrew Rist 26cdf0e10cSrcweir 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsmathguideparenthesesxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Inserting Brackets</title> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/smath/guide/parentheses.xhp</filename> 32cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 33cdf0e10cSrcweir<history> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir<lastedited date="2005-09-05T15:45:00">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir</history> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153415"><bookmark_value>brackets; inserting in %PRODUCTNAME Math</bookmark_value> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>inserting;brackets</bookmark_value> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>distances between brackets</bookmark_value> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153415" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="parentheses"><link href="text/smath/guide/parentheses.xhp" name="Inserting Brackets">Inserting Brackets</link> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150751" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="2">In <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> Math, can brackets be shown separately so that the distance between them is freely definable?</paragraph> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3083281" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">You can set individual brackets using "left" and "right", but the distance between the brackets will not be fixed, as they adapt to the argument. Nevertheless, there is a way to display brackets so that the distance between them is fixed. To accomplish this, place a "\" (backslash) before the normal brackets. These brackets now behave like any other symbol and the alignment is the same as with other symbols:</paragraph> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155960" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">left lbrace x right none</paragraph> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3148489" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">size *2 langle x rangle</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150344" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">size *2 \langle x \rangle</paragraph> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics"> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/smath/guide/brackets.xhp#brackets"/> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 55