Nested Linked Expressions

[ScotlandCETBS]

Transcriber Daniel Sullivan

My question is that if each of the nested link anchors start in cell 1 showing the beginning of each of the expressions would example 1 work in this situation, and if not and it is required to place the blank lines prior to and after each expression, would it be required to place the expression below the identifier with an extra blank line between the identifier and the expression or is example 2 ok? (see attachment)

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[kdejute]

Thank you for your question! Before we respond in full, could you please share two clarifying pieces of information?

First, what is one specific lesson manual or code book that says, "nested linked expressions are displayed material"?

Second, what is your reasoning for having blank spaces in some places but not in other places (e.g., between the word "tenths" and the symbol ÷ but not between the symbol ÷ and the underscore)?

–Kyle

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Please see attachment from Daniel Sullivan.

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[kdejute]

Thank you for sharing more of your thoughts.

The committee has been discussing this, and our conclusions are summarized below:

1. The fact that these expressions are itemized removes the need to treat them as displayed. [see BF2016 §9.1.2, which says, "For formatting purposes, lists, boxed material, and tables are not considered displayed material. ..."]
2. Only the comparison symbols require spacing.

So, we recommend using the indention pattern and lack of blank lines that make up your Example 1.

And, we would probably omit all the spaces we could. I think that means keeping only two kinds of spaces: 1) spaces around symbols of comparison and 2) spaces that make a word more likely to keep its usual form. This is illustrated in a snippet below and in slightly more context in the attached picture and brf.

"7 .- t5?s"/.- t5?s

The big takeaway is that an itemized list is not displayed material.

As for spacing, the best choice is likely what you can best do consistently.

Braille on!
–Kyle

 

 

• This reply was modified 1 week, 3 days ago by kdejute. Reason: adjusted wording explaining which spaces to keep

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[kdejute]

P.S. I noticed you quoted a sentence from a course, and I think there is a different interpretation than you assigned to it. The sentence is, "Linked expressions are displayed expressions that are made up of an 'anchor' and one or more 'links'." I believe the sentence means "linked expressions can be displayed" rather than "if something is a linked expression, then it is necessarily displayed."

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