I understand. The reasoning makes sense to me and, as editor of a paper in which this appears, I will ask the author to consider dropping the brace.
I wonder of there is some similar thinking underlying the fact that \startcases... puts the equation number so close to the equation itself and not at a margin (typically right). Again, many thanks, Mikael. Alan On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 12:12 PM Mikael Sundqvist <mic...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I think what you ask for was never supported in ConTeXt, for a reason. > The idea is that either one groups a set of equations with a brace and > numbers them with one number, or one does not group, and then one can > number each line separately/independently. Grouping on the left with a > brace and numbering one line to the right is, even if we see that > often, not really logical. > > If there is a large request for doing this, I can talk to Hans about > it, maybe it is easy on the code side to support it. But I remember > from when we were messing with numbering, and in particular when there > are alignments, that it is a bit complicated. > > /Mikael > > On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 5:19 PM Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thank you, Mikael. That is very helpful and much appreciated. > > > > What I now have is: > > \startplaceformula > > \startformula > > \startalign > > \NC \[21-(9 - n^2)\NC =□^\prime\] \NR[eq:1] > > \NC n^2+12 \NC=□^\prime. \NR[eq:2] > > \stopalign > > \stopformula > > \stopplaceformula > > which put the numbers at the right margin,as I wanted. > > > > So how do I get a brace on the left rather than on the right? Or is > there documentation that explains this? > > > > Alan > > > > On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 10:22 AM Mikael Sundqvist <mic...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> On Mon, Oct 7, 2024 at 11:45 PM Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > > >> > I have the following which works, except for the fact that the > equation number does not go to the right margin. > >> > > >> > \startplaceformula > >> > \startformula[align=middle, prefix=no] > >> > \startcases[distance=2pt] > >> > \NC \[21-(9 - n^2)\NC =□^\prime\]\NR > >> > \NC\hfill n^2+12 \NC=□^\prime.\NR[eq04] > >> > \stopcases > >> > \stopformula > >> > \stopplaceformula > >> > > >> > I expect that I have missed something pretty basic here, so any > guidance will be greatly appreciated. > >> > >> Maybe I misunderstand you, but I do not think cases is right here. > >> Also, are you sure you want to group two equations but only number one > >> of them. > >> > >> If I understand you correctly, I'd try with one of these, depending on > >> if citing the group or one of the equations. > >> > >> \starttext > >> > >> \startformula > >> \startalign[location=packed,fences=sesac] > >> \NC \[21-(9 - n^2)\NC =□^\prime\]\NR > >> \NC n^2+12 \NC=□^\prime. \NR > >> \stopalign > >> \numberhere[eq:foo] > >> \stopformula > >> > >> \startplaceformula > >> \startformula > >> \startalign > >> \NC \[21-(9 - n^2)\NC =□^\prime\] \NR%[eq:bar-a] > >> \NC n^2+12 \NC=□^\prime. \NR[eq:bar-b] > >> \stopalign > >> \stopformula > >> \stopplaceformula > >> > >> \stoptext > >> > >> /Mikael > >> > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > >> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry > to the Wiki! > >> > >> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > >> webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net > (mirror) > >> archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > >> wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > >> > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry > to the Wiki! > > > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net > (mirror) > > archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > > wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to > the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) > archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ >
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