1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 352ac0773SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 4efa0b2f7Smseidel * 552ac0773SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 652ac0773SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 752ac0773SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 852ac0773SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 952ac0773SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 1052ac0773SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 1152ac0773SAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 12efa0b2f7Smseidel * 1352ac0773SAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 14efa0b2f7Smseidel * 1552ac0773SAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 1652ac0773SAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 1752ac0773SAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 1852ac0773SAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 1952ac0773SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 2052ac0773SAndrew Rist * under the License. 21efa0b2f7Smseidel * 2252ac0773SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 2352ac0773SAndrew Rist 24cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsmathguideparenthesesxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Inserting Brackets</title> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/smath/guide/parentheses.xhp</filename> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 321832f669Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153415"> 331832f669Smseidel<bookmark_value>brackets; inserting in %PRODUCTNAME Math</bookmark_value> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>inserting;brackets</bookmark_value> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>distances between brackets</bookmark_value> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 37*ee3161b3Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153415" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><variable id="parentheses"><link href="text/smath/guide/parentheses.xhp" name="Inserting Brackets">Inserting Brackets</link> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 39*ee3161b3Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150751" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">In <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> Math, can brackets be shown separately so that the distance between them is freely definable?</paragraph> 40*ee3161b3Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3083281" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">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> 41*ee3161b3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155960" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">left lbrace x right none</paragraph> 42*ee3161b3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3148489" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">size *2 langle x rangle</paragraph> 43*ee3161b3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150344" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">size *2 \langle x \rangle</paragraph> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics"> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/smath/guide/brackets.xhp#brackets"/> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 49