On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 08:26:24 +0100
Mikael Sundqvist via ntg-context wrote:
> Note that the 2 sits higher in
>
> \primed{a}^2
>
> than it does in
>
> (a')^2.
>
> For readability, I really prefer the version with parentheses.
Certain Mathematical writing styles seek to minimize the use of
pare
On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 5:58 AM Alan Braslau via ntg-context
wrote:
>
> On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 00:27:39 +0100
> Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote:
>
> > What you can do is:
> >
> > $\primed{a}^2$
> >
> > which basically makes the prime an operation .. a small price to pay
> > for more robust handling
On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 00:27:39 +0100
Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote:
> What you can do is:
>
> $\primed{a}^2$
>
> which basically makes the prime an operation .. a small price to pay
> for more robust handling of primes (also across fonts)
I anticipated that (unicode) prime is a pain to handle
On 12/27/2022 6:33 PM, Alan Braslau via ntg-context wrote:
MWE:
\starttext
$a^2′$
$a′^2$
$\mathord{a′}^2$
$a^*^2$
\stoptext
Should the \mathord{} be necessary to get the desired result?
(I would expect the second line to work, just like $a^*^2$.)
primes are kind of special and a pain in
MWE:
\starttext
$a^2′$
$a′^2$
$\mathord{a′}^2$
$a^*^2$
\stoptext
Should the \mathord{} be necessary to get the desired result?
(I would expect the second line to work, just like $a^*^2$.)
Alan
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