On 12/22/2015 8:24 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote:
Wolfgang,
Can you explain to us why it should be preferable for ConTeXt users to
employ \frac12 rather than the native TeX construction {1\over 2}?
I understand that the macro \frac does some additional trickery but the
two constructions should *always* yield identical results (when
keyed-in properly).
Of course, Donald Knuth disagrees with \frac from the point of view
of the aesthetics of the syntax.
Are you sure he disagrees? For instance \frac {12} {34} is less code
than { {12} \over {34} } and all over the texbook (and web code)
shortcuts are used. Afaik his idea of TeX is that users should do what
they like best.
Hans
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