[NTG-context] Non-square roots?

2005-07-31 Thread Brooks Moses
LaTeX offers the following way to write a cube root: $\sqrt[3]{x}$. Is there a way to do this in ConTeXt other than the TeX way of $\root 3\of x$? Also, Hans, if there isn't a direct way to do this, the following code is pretty much how LaTeX implements it, with an extra line at the top to

Re: [NTG-context] Non-square roots?

2005-07-31 Thread Hans Hagen
Brooks Moses wrote: LaTeX offers the following way to write a cube root: $\sqrt[3]{x}$. Is there a way to do this in ConTeXt other than the TeX way of $\root 3\of x$? Also, Hans, if there isn't a direct way to do this, the following code is pretty much how LaTeX implements it, with an

Re: [NTG-context] Non-square roots?

2005-07-31 Thread Brooks Moses
At 01:25 PM 7/31/2005, Hans Hagen wrote: \let\normalsqrt\sqrt % \dohandlemathtoken {sqrt} \def\sqrt{\doifnextcharelse[\notsosqrt\normalsqrt} \def\notsosqrt[#1]{\root#1\of} $\sqrt[3]{10}$ Do you want this in the kernel? I'd like to have it there, yes. Thanks! - Brooks