Re: [NTG-context] strange output in math display mode

Hans Hagen 23. Dezember 2015 um 10:17 On 12/23/2015 3:19 AM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: So it it a TeX programming limitation. The risk of leading to an exponential number of branches is addressed by Knuth at the beginning of Chapter 17 of the TeXbook (p. 139): "Mathematicians

Re: [NTG-context] strange output in math display mode

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

Re: [NTG-context] strange output in math display mode

On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:52:22 +0100 Hans Hagen wrote: > > 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

Re: [NTG-context] strange output in math display mode

On 12/22/2015 11:30 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 22 Dec 2015, 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

Re: [NTG-context] strange output in math display mode

On 12/23/2015 3:19 AM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: So it it a TeX programming limitation. The risk of leading to an exponential number of branches is addressed by Knuth at the beginning of Chapter 17 of the TeXbook (p. 139): "Mathematicians tend to \quote{overuse} \over when they first begin to typeset

Re: [NTG-context] strange output in math display mode

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

Re: [NTG-context] strange output in math display mode

So it it a TeX programming limitation. The risk of leading to an exponential number of branches is addressed by Knuth at the beginning of Chapter 17 of the TeXbook (p. 139): "Mathematicians tend to \quote{overuse} \over when they first begin to typeset their own work on a system like \TEX." ...

Re: [NTG-context] strange output in math display mode

On Tue, 22 Dec 2015, 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*

Re: [NTG-context] strange output in math display mode

Otared Kavian 21. Dezember 2015 um 14:14 Hi Dalyoung, I can confirm that in displayed math, the digit 1 in the command \frac{1}{2} results in 494 > 1 which is unexpected… However the command {1 \over 2} gives the correct result. Actually there seems to be a

Re: [NTG-context] strange output in math display mode

Hi Dalyoung, I can confirm that in displayed math, the digit 1 in the command \frac{1}{2} results in 494 > 1 which is unexpected… However the command {1 \over 2} gives the correct result. Actually there seems to be a spurious 494 > in the source tree of the latest release, since any

[NTG-context] strange output in math display mode

Dear Hans, After updating the minimal, I got a strange output of math display mode. Would you please check it? Here is an example. Best regards, Thank you. Dalyoung \starttext Here is a strange output of math formula. It is displayed correctly in text line, but is displayed