Actually, when considering LaTeX versus TeX one should really specify *which* LaTeX packages are either implicitly or explicity involved since some very popular packages actually change LaTeX behavior significantly. The case of \over versus \frac is one such example. As explained here:
ftp://ftp.ams.org/pub/tex/amslatex/math/technote.pdf \over (and some other relatated "tex-isms" are discouraged and can cause various technical problems when using the AMS style files. Regards, Bill Page. On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:12 AM, I wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 7:35 AM, Waldek Hebisch wrote: >> >> I am for improving TeX output. However I think that the patch >> has two problems: >> > > The patch was intended only as a demonstration for a new users, > not an actual change to the library. > >> - AFAIK \frac is LaTeX only, so this will brake plain TeX output. >> \over works both for LaTeX and plain TeX. Breaking plain TeX >> is bad idea, so if we really want \frac in LaTeX we probably >> should have special flag to trigger such transformations. >> > > I am against the use of a "flag", but if separate TeX and LaTeX output > are really desirable then a separate output command like: > > )set output latex on > > would make sense. > ... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FriCAS - computer algebra system" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fricas-devel?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
