On Sun, 23 Mar 2008, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Morgan Brassel wrote: >> 3) Aditya, I saw your remark in your 'My Way' concerning the 'multline' >> environment. I must admit I would really be glad to see it appear in >> ConTeXt! I'm afraid I'm not able to implement it myself... I use it a >> lot with amsmath: when a formula is just too long for one line, I put it >> on two with multline. The first part of the formula is left aligned on the >> first line, and the second part is right aligned on the second line. It seems >> impossible to get the same result with only 'align'. Would it be difficult >> to make it available in ConTeXt? > > Here is my first attempt. Completely bare-bones right now, but short > enough to show what needs to be done. > > \unprotect > \def\startmathlines > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > \def\NC{} > \def\NR{\def\NC{\cr}} > % Hack for number. Should be done by measuring the width of the number > \scratchdimen\dimexpr\displaywidth-4em \relax > \vbox \bgroup > \halign\bgroup > \hbox to \scratchdimen > {\hfil \strut > $\mathsurround\zeropoint\displaystyle{}## [EMAIL PROTECTED] > \hfil}% > \crcr > \hfilneg} > > \def\stopmathlines > {\hfilneg > \crcr > \egroup > \egroup} > \protect > > \starttext > > \placeformula \startformula \startmathlines > \NC f(x) = (a+b)^n \NR > \NC = a^n + n \cdot a^{n-1} b + \cdots + n \cdot a b^{n-1} + b^n \NR > \NC = a^n + n \cdot a^{n-1} b + \cdots + n \cdot a b^{n-1} + b^n \NR > \stopmathlines \stopformula > > \stoptext > > Taking care of [align=left|right] should be easy. This version will not > break across pages. I cannot figure out how to get rid of the outer \vbox. > Any suggestions? > > Aditya Sorry that I can't help you with the implementation, Aditya... I just want to confirm that your new macro perfectly fits my needs. I hope it will make it into the core, it really is useful! As always, a big thanks for your time and patience! Morgan ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________