Need capability to use subscripts and superscripts

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  xheavenlyx

  Thats a good idea, hope Biggie makes the change. I still have to learn how to use these features for their full capabilities.
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  I'm aware of the problem that Mr. Beychok mentioned. For an engineering forum, ability to have subscripts & superscripts. However there is a big problem with HTML or VBScript enabling - It makes the site vulnerable to attacks.
  
  I've not yet toyed with the BB code. Will try it out and update soon.
  
  -The Big K-
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  Ashraf HZ

  Oh yea.. thats a good idea. Things like integral and differential signs, Fourier transform stuff, etc. One alternative is to use that Microsoft Equation object in Word and insert as a picture. But that involves so many steps.
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  mbeychok

  Admin:
  
  You might want to look at these forums:
  
  (1) Eng-Tips Forums at Chemical process engineering Forum - Eng-Tips, scroll to bottom of page and click on "Process TGML" and see their extensive list of tags.
  
  (2) Chemical-Engineering-Forum at #-Link-Snipped-#and see their [sup] and [sub] tags.
  
  (3) CR4 Forum at [FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]#-Link-Snipped-#[/FONT] and see their
  X2 and X² tags.
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  ...anyone here doubts why the Administrator calls himself 'Good Administrator' 😉
  
  A warm Welcome to everyone[sup]2[/sup] ! 😁
  
  How are you?
  
  I just drank a glass full of H[sub]2[/sub]SO[sub]4[/sub] & then ran at a speed of 1.5x10[sup]2[/sup] m/sec!
  
  Have fun!
  
  -The Big K-
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  Forgot to explain how to add superscripts & subscripts to your text.
  
  For subscripts, use the "sub" tag in square brackets, without the quotes.
  For superscripts, user the "sup" tag in square brackets, without the quotes.
  
  
  
  -The Big K-
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  Ashraf HZ

  Yay![sup]2[sup]2[sup]2[/sup][/sup][/sup] Can we add some maths symbols too?
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  mbeychok

  Admin:
  
  Thanks very much for your very prompt provision for using subscripts and superscripts!!
  
  May I suggest, that for the great many users of this forum who may never read this thread, you include an explanation of how to use subscripts and superscripts in the message editing/posting box?
  
  Regards, Milt Beychok
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  Right now, we cannot use mathematical symbols in posts. But we'll see if we can develop such utility.
  
  For subscripts, use following tags around the text-
  "sub" text "/sub" ( Replace the quotes with square brackets [ ] )
  For superscripts, use following tags around the text-
  "sup" text "/sup" ( Replace the quotes with square brackets [ ] )
  
  So, to write H[sub]2[/sub]SO[sub]4[/sub] , I will type -
  
  H "sub"2"/sub" SO "sub"4"/sub" ( Of course, replace the quotes with square brackets [ ] )
  
  -The Big K-
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  Ashraf HZ

  Hey Big K! I cam across this thread over at the Physics Forum. They use LaTex to display the maths symbols. Is it possible to implement this without compromising the site's security?
  
  #-Link-Snipped-#
  
  It'll be awesome if we could use it! 😀
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  Prasad Ajinkya

  Awesome response time Biggie 😀
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  ash

  Hey Big K! I cam across this thread over at the Physics Forum. They use LaTex to display the maths symbols. Is it possible to implement this without compromising the site's security?
  
  #-Link-Snipped-#
  
  It'll be awesome if we could use it! 😀

  You guys are just great 😁 . Give me some time to understand the LaTex system. I'm bit too busy traveling around.
  
  

  kidakaka

  Awesome response time Biggie 😀

  <- that's what I am! 😁 Thanks a ton!
  
  -The Big K-
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  Ashraf HZ

  Cool, thanks Big K! If you need some extra help finding out how to implement, i'll do some extra research if you want 😉
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  Ashraf HZ

  Going on a roll with looking through vb addons, I found this one that can add LaTex symbols.. but as images, however.
  
  [latex][/latex] bbcode - vBulletin.org Forum
  
  Its for vb version 3.5.. I wonder if it is still compatible, biggie?
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  Yep, I guess there is compatibility issue.
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  xheavenlyx

  Once upon a time at a grocery store.[sup].[sup].[sup].[sup].[sup].[/sup][/sup][/sup][/sup][/sup]
  
  Shop Keeper: blah[sub]h[sub]h[sub]h[sub]h[sub]h[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub] blah[sup]h[sup]h[sup]h[sup]h[sup]h[/sup][/sup][/sup][/sup][/sup]
  
  Customer: NOOoo[sub]O[sub]O[/sub][/sub][sub][sub][sub]O[sub]O[sub]O[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub]
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  Nice creativity, xHx. The problem is that members don't use the subscript & superscript facility.
  
  Therefore, any add-on, won't be added unless the 'need' is felt. Otherwise, its difficult to battle with the compatibility issue that's common with all the plugins.
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  ForexGuides

  I participate in half a dozen engineering forums. Posting technical engineering material very, very often requires the capability to use subscripts and superscripts in mathematical equations, chemical reactions, etc. Most of the forums that I participate in have that capability in their message editors and almost all of them use BB or vB code and Wysiwyg editors ... so I know that the capability to use subscripts and superscripts is available.