On Sat, Sep 6, 2025 at 15:38 (+0200), Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Ahoi,
Ahoi (Ahoy?)? Are you getting ready for International Talk Like A Pirate
Day? :-)
> I’m working on the Math chapter of my ConTeXt book. As you know, this is not
> my area of expertise, that’s why I try to keep it short and mostly refer to
> the math manual.
> What subjects do you think I should include for beginners or readers
> switching from PlainTeX/LaTeX?
> Probably \alignhere and \breakhere? What else is new & different?
I think you should mention that math isn't going to look the same.
For example, attached are two PDFs
-> plain tex: $3\over 4$
-> context: \im{\frac{3}{4}}
As can be seen, in ConTeXt there is a much bigger space between the '3' and
the horizontal line. (I *really* don't want to step on toes or sound like
a complete ingrate, especially in light of the large amount of effort
(AIUI) which has gone into math typesetting, but I strongly prefer the
plain TeX version.)
To help plain TeX (and maybe LaTeX) refugees understand that things which
look different may not be due to them doing something wrong, pointing out
some examples where there are some typesetting differences (I assume by
design) may make the adoption of ConTeXt more expeditious for some people.
Cheers.
Jim
P.S. On the other hand, if the attached ConTeXt output is *not* how things
are supposed to look, and my installation is somehow broken, someone please
let me know.
context.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document
plain.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document
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