Re: [Athen] computer science symbols in Word or ?

[ron at ahead.org]

The symbols probably could be found, but there application would probably not be correct since Mathtype is 
for Math. We ran into a similar thing with force vector symbols that were not mapped in our custom 
system. Since the student was a Physics major we knew it needed to be done so it was added but then was 
used in quite a bit of material conversion.

Forgive my ignorance but I have done a fair amount of CS alt format production. Not sure why they would 
not be using standard CS flow charting symbology, but you never know why folks do what they do. Another 
option would be to creat an image bank in word with fairly simple alt text but that would also be very time 
consuming.

Ron Stewart


>  -------Original Message-------

>  From: Dan Comden <danc at uw.edu>

>  To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu>

>  Subject: Re: [Athen] computer science symbols in Word or ?

>  Sent: Feb 10 '14 16:36

>  

>  Hi Linda,

>  I would look for an simpler solution than trying to find a special symbol

>  library by using the symbols already on the keyboard.

>  

>  

>  Your Wiki example could be written with braces, the pipe symbol, alt-8

>  (Mac)/alt-Numpad7 (Windows) for the dot and GT/LT:

>  [12|•-]->[99|•-]->[37|•-]->[X]

>  

>  

>  It's probably possible to create something similar in Word but if this

>  need is for a short list of courses, it may be easier to use a standard

>  keyboard system acceptable to the instructor.

>  

>  

>  Just an idea...

>  

>  

>  -*- Dan

>  

>  

>  On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Linda Petty <[LINK:

>  mailto:linda.petty at utoronto.ca] linda.petty at utoronto.ca> wrote:

>  

>  

>  Hi

>  

>  I have a student who is majoring in math and computer sci., and needs to do

>  his work on the computer, rather than by hand.

>  

>  He needs to be able to make “Linked Lists” in computer science,

>  which use some unusual symbols. I’ve gone thru Inspiration and

>  MathType, as well as Word symbols,  but cannot find them- here is the

>  Wikipedia example- boxes with lines in them, essentially.

>  

>  “In [LINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science]  computer

>  science, a LINKED LIST is a [LINK:

>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_structure]  data structure consisting of

>  a group of [LINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node_%28computer_science%29]

>  nodes which together represent a sequence. Under the simplest form, each

>  node is composed of a datum and a [LINK:

>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_%28computer_science%29]  reference

>  (in other words, a _link_) to the next node in the sequence; more complex

>  variants add additional links. This structure allows for efficient

>  insertion or removal of elements from any position in the sequence.

>  

>  [LINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Singly-linked-list.svg] [IMAGE:

>  Singly-linked-list.svg]

>  _A linked list whose nodes contain two fields: an integer value and a

>  link to the next node. The last node is linked to a terminator used to

>  signify the end of the list._

>  

>  

>  Is anyone aware of how to insert these, or software to make this process

>  easier?

>  

>  Thanks

>  

>  Linda

>  

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