Am 06.09.2025 um 19:35 schrieb Jim:
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.)
You can change it:
\starttext
\im{\frac{3}{4}}
%
\setupmathfraction[strut=no]
\im{\frac{3}{4}}
%
\setupmathfraction[strut=no,distance=both,topdistance=1pt,bottomdistance=1pt]
\im{\frac{3}{4}}
\stoptext
Wolfgang
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