Thanks for the answer. > The (now deprecated) amsl module provided something similar to LaTeX array. > Have you > tried using that part of the code?
yes, I followed exactly the steps of the wiki... For now the only way of fixing this was to rewrite the arrays per hand. But LaTeX compiles them, so that I don't think this was an error from the author ... anyway... 2008/4/19, Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sat, 19 Apr 2008, Pau wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I am preparing an e-journal for astro and I have many articles with > > lots of equations. Unfortunately, authors are using LaTeX maths and > > this is giving me trouble. > > > > I have read and followed the steps of > > > > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/LaTeX_Math_in_ConTeXt > > > > and > > > > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Math_with_newmat > > > > and it has helped me a lot but there's a snag I run all the time in: array > > > > Typically, the equation giving troubles is of the kind: > > > > \begin{equation} > > \begin{array}{rl} > > h & \sim \mu M^{2/3}f^{2/3}/r\\ > > & \sim M_{ch}^{5/3}f^{2/3}/r\\ > > \end{array} > > \end{equation} > > > > The correct way to translate array in ConTeXt is > > \startformula > \startmatrix[align={right,left}] > \NC h \NC \sim \mu M^{2/3}f^{2/3}/r \NR > \NC \NC \sim M_{ch}^{5/3} f^{2/3}/r \NR > \stopmatrix > \stopformula > > However, I think that the original input is wrong. The autor probably > wanted to use split (or align), rather than array. > > > > > when I try to compile, I get > > > > ! Misplaced alignment tab character &. > > l.484 h& > > \sim \mu M^{2/3}f^{2/3}/r\\ > > > > Of course, when I use > > > > \startformula\eqalign{ > > h & \sim \mu M^{2/3}f^{2/3}/r \cr > > & \sim M_{ch}^{5/3}f^{2/3}/r \cr > > }\stopformula > > > > > > everything runs smoothly but I cannot convert all equations containing > > a {array}{rl} or similar, because I would never end... I guess that > > writing a script to convert them in eqlign would be feasible, but it's > > a very... precarious way... I would prefer to fix the problem from > > ConTeXt itself... > > > > how?? > > > > Do you want ConTeXt to parse \begin{array}{...} ... \end{array} and typeset > it? This is possible, but essentially involves rewritting array in ConTeXt, > without any of the configuration options that ConTeXt provides. > > The (now deprecated) amsl module provided something similar to LaTeX array. > Have you tried using that part of the code? > > Aditya > ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
