On 9/6/2025 3:38 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
Ahoi,
I’m working on the Math chapter of my ConTeXt book. As you know, this is
not my area of expertise, that’s why I try to keep it short and mostly
refer to the math manual.
What subjects do you think I should include for beginners or readers
switching from PlainTeX/LaTeX?
Probably \alignhere and \breakhere? What else is new & different?
just refer to the math manual ... maybe only mention \im for inlien math
and \startformula .. \stopformula for display .. leave it at that
I know there are some constructs that users should avoid, e.g. dollar
notation ($math$, $$math$$) and commands that need lookahead (\over,
\atop, \above). What else?
no need to explain that ... if they use math, they can read the manual
because more is involved .. you can only confuse them
> (Maybe an explicit “don’t do this” section in the math manual would make
> sense.)
if someone who needs math comes to context he/she is probably willing
to check out the math manual anyway
Hans
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