Suppose I want to write a passage in Latin and a word-by-word translation below so that the corresponding English word is directly below the Latin counterpart?
Something like a table with one word per cell would do the trick, but tables do not seem to be supported. Another option would be to use preformatted text:
Caesar non canebat Graece.
Caesar not did sing in Greek.
The problem with preformatted text (apart from a slightly unsatisfactory typeface) is that I can't use html character entities for macrons or other special characters.
This does not look good:
Caesar nōn canēbat Graecē.
Caesar not did sing in Greek.
In plain text it looks good (Caesar nōn canēbat Graecē) but I can't align the words. For me at least html character entities are the preferred way to input special characters.
I think I could work around this using MathJax, but that's really not what it's made for and I don't see a reason to activate it for this site. For those of you that are not familiar with MathJax, it allows you to type formulas (like $e^{i\pi}+1=0$) neatly in your posts and it works on mathematically oriented SE sites.
ō
be converted automatically and instantly intoō
. That way, you can use macra inmonospace text
without having to change your routine (which I think is important: everybody hates being forced to learn something new when the old thing served him just fine). For instructions on Autohotkey, see Nathaniel's link on how to type macra. – Cerberus♦ Mar 23 '16 at 2:15