> On 14 May 2016, at 23:26, Aditya Mahajan <adit...@umich.edu> wrote:
> Be careful with empty group in math mode: > > \startformula{} -a \stopformula > \startformula\relax -a \stopformula Maybe a way to distinguish between unary prefix operator “-“, and binary infix operator “-“: {} is interpreted as an empty operand, thus infix “-", whereas \relax is removed from the input meaning no operand, so prefix “-“. But \relax can have sub-/super-scripts, just as {}, and then in both cases, “–“ becomes binary: \startformula {}^2 - a \stopformula \startformula \relax^2 - a \stopformula ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________