Hi,
I do not remember where it came from, probably AMS Math or something like that.
Many thanks. It works but I am curious as to why the working code broke.
On Tue, Aug 6, 2024 at 9:58 PM Mikael Sundqvist <mic...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2024 at 5:57 PM Shiv Shankar Dayal
> <shivshankar.da...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have defined a determinant environment like below:
> >
> > \definemathmatrix[determinant]
> > [matrix:bars]
> > [simplecommand=thedeterminant]
> >
> > and I create a determinant like below:
> >
> > \startformula \startdeterminant\NC a_{11} \NC a_{12} \NC a_{13} \NC
> > \cdots \NC a_{1n}\NR
> > \NC a_{21} \NC a_{22} \NC a_{23} \NC \cdots \NC a_{2n}\NR
> > \NC a_{31} \NC a_{32} \NC a_{33} \NC \cdots \NC a_{3n}\NR
> > \multispan{9}{\dotfill}\NR
> > \NC a_{n1} \NC a_{n2} \NC a_{n3} \NC \cdots \NC a_{nn}
> > \NR\stopdeterminant
> >
> > This was working before today but I updated ConTeXt and it has stopped
> > working. The error it gives me now is:
> >
> > tex error > tex error on line 277 in file determinants.tex: You
> > can't use '\Ustopmath' in restricted horizontal mode
> >
> > How can I get it working again?
> >
> > --
> > Respect,
> > Shiv Shankar Dayal
>
> I never seen \multispan before. But this seems to work:
>
> \definemathmatrix
> [determinant]
> [matrix:bars]
> [simplecommand=thedeterminant]
>
> \starttext
>
> \startformula
> \startdeterminant
> \NC a_{11} \NC a_{12} \NC a_{13} \NC \cdots \NC a_{1n}\NR
> \NC a_{21} \NC a_{22} \NC a_{23} \NC \cdots \NC a_{2n}\NR
> \NC a_{31} \NC a_{32} \NC a_{33} \NC \cdots \NC a_{3n}\NR
> \HF\NR
> % \multispan{9}{\dotfill}\NR
> \NC a_{n1} \NC a_{n2} \NC a_{n3} \NC \cdots \NC a_{nn}\NR
> \stopdeterminant
> \stopformula
>
> \stoptext
>
> I hope it gives you what you want.
>
> /Mikael
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