On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 23:49, Stefan Müller <warrence....@gmx.de> wrote: > Hi! > > On 27.02.2011 20:58, Aditya Mahajan wrote: >> >> On Sun, 27 Feb 2011, S Barmeier wrote: >> >>> I don't know if anyone feels the same, but I'm not happy with the >>> spacing of commas in math mode (pictures attached). For instance, >>> typesetting H^1(X,F), the comma seems to be closer to the F than to the >>> X. Equal spacing on both sides or setting the comma closer to the X are >>> I guess a matter of taste (inserting a \neghairspace after the X >>> achieves the latter). In any case, I would kind of prefer equal spacing. >> >> \setupmathematics[autopunctuation=no] >> >> @Hans: I would suggest that this should be made the default. > > IMO this does only partially help, consider the following example: > > \starttext > $(B, Y, R, X)$ > \setupmathematics[autopunctuation=no] > $(B, Y, R, X)$ > \stoptext > > In both lines the spacing after "Y" is way to big. I don't know if that's a > bug or just ugly. (version 2011.02.15 16:11)
In text parts this is known as kerning. In OpenType math there are complex bounding boxes. Mojca ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
