Comment Comment by enriquto > Also, do you mind if I ask how you are entering Greek letters directly?I've setup my keyboard (on linux) so that the CAPS-LOCK key acts as a "dead greek" composer. If I press "CAPSLOCK+a" it types "α", and so on.> Do you think the spelled out "alpha" should map to the same thing as "<unicode alpha character>"?My unpopular opinion is that typing "alpha" should compute the product of the five values, equivalent to "a^2lph". parent enriquto 4 years ago
I've setup my keyboard (on linux) so that the CAPS-LOCK key acts as a "dead greek" composer. If I press "CAPSLOCK+a" it types "α", and so on.
> Do you think the spelled out "alpha" should map to the same thing as "<unicode alpha character>"?
My unpopular opinion is that typing "alpha" should compute the product of the five values, equivalent to "a^2lph".