Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> writes: > indeed. this is what (sort of) happens in case of a plugged in renderer: > > \sqrt{#1} -> ...\mathstylehbox{#1}... -> ...\hbox{\stylecommand #1}... > > when #a = a \over b the style gets applied to the a only as \over > creates two (pseudo) groups i.e. the \over isolates a and b > > > \sqrt{{k\over m}}\quad \sqrt{\displaystyle{k\over m}} > > would work ok
Ah, I understand. The extra-braces solution, \sqrt{{k\over m}}, is simple and I can retain my \over habits. -Sanjoy ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________