Re: [NTG-context] \math or $ doesn't work.
> On 02 Jun 2015, at 21:08, John Culleton wrote:
> […]
> Everything works. But there is
> something wrong with my math code. There is no
> horizontal bar between the 1 and the 2. I guess
> I will study "The TEXbook" some more.
Hi John,
It is a good idea to read again The TeXBook, but actually I wonder why should
TeX put a horizontal line between 1 and 2 in your code?
What you are typesetting in mathmode is just 8 followed by 1 in exponent
(uppserscript) and 2 in subscript, therefore there shouldn’t be any fraction
bar between 1 and 2.
If the font you use has the character, what you want to typeset is the
character U+00BD for 1/2 or, if you want to use mathmode, either of the
solutions below (wtach the slight differences between the three versions):
\starttext
$8\tfrac{1}{2} × 11$ inch
$8\frac{1}{2} × 11$ inch
$8{1 \over 2} × 11$ inch
\stoptext
Indeed you can replace $…$ with \math{…}.
Best regards: OK
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Re: [NTG-context] \math or $ doesn't work.
On Tue, 02 Jun 2015 18:30:04 +0200
Pablo Rodriguez wrote:
> On 06/02/2015 05:54 PM, John Culleton wrote:
> > On Tue, 2 Jun 2015 11:45:35 -0400
> > John Culleton wrote:
> >
> >> I want to insert the string 8 1/2 x 11 in my
> >> text. Here is my test file:
> >>
> >> \starttext
> >> \math{8^1_2} × 11 inch,
> >> \stoptext
> >>
> >> I am using texlive 2014 mkiv.
>
> Hi John,
>
> me too (current version: 2014.05.21 22:04 ;-))
> and both samples (above and below) compile fine.
>
> > I also tried this:
> > ---
> > \starttext
> > 8 1/2 × 11 inch,
> > \stoptext
> > -
> > The error message is the same:
> > ---
> > system > tex > error on line 2 in
> > file /usr/local/active/hall/ftp/test.tex:
> > String contains an invalid utf-8 sequence ...
>
> Are you sure that character encoding in your
> file is utf8?
>
> I can cause this error message, but only after
> replacing character encoding in file with ISO
> 8859-15.
>
> BTW, your file is in /usr/local. I thought that
> in Unix there was no place like /home :-).
>
> I hope it helps,
>
>
> Pablo
We are on the home stretch now. I added
\enableregime [utf-8]
as the first line of my
master file. Theoretically I don't need this for a
MKIV run but so much for theory.
Everything works. But there is
something wrong with my math code. There is no
horizontal bar between the 1 and the 2. I guess
I will study "The TEXbook" some more.
Just FYI, I keep personal stuff and also my
political articles in /home/safe but my
typesetting and index work goes in subdirectories
of:
/usr/local/active/
one for each project.
Thanks for your prompt and useful reply!
--
John Culleton
Wexford Press
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Re: [NTG-context] \math or $ doesn't work.
On 06/02/2015 05:54 PM, John Culleton wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Jun 2015 11:45:35 -0400
> John Culleton wrote:
>
>> I want to insert the string 8 1/2 x 11 in my
>> text. Here is my test file:
>>
>> \starttext
>> \math{8^1_2} × 11 inch,
>> \stoptext
>>
>> I am using texlive 2014 mkiv.
Hi John,
me too (current version: 2014.05.21 22:04 ;-)) and both samples (above
and below) compile fine.
> I also tried this:
> ---
> \starttext
> 8 1/2 × 11 inch,
> \stoptext
> -
> The error message is the same:
> ---
> system > tex > error on line 2 in
> file /usr/local/active/hall/ftp/test.tex: String
> contains an invalid utf-8 sequence ...
Are you sure that character encoding in your file is utf8?
I can cause this error message, but only after replacing character
encoding in file with ISO 8859-15.
BTW, your file is in /usr/local. I thought that in Unix there was no
place like /home :-).
I hope it helps,
Pablo
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Re: [NTG-context] \math or $ doesn't work.
On Tue, 2 Jun 2015 11:45:35 -0400
John Culleton wrote:
> I want to insert the string 8 1/2 x 11 in my
> text. Here is my test file:
>
> \starttext
> \math{8^1_2} × 11 inch,
> \stoptext
>
> I am using texlive 2014 mkiv.
I also tried this:
---
\starttext
8 1/2 × 11 inch,
\stoptext
-
The error message is the same:
---
system > tex > error on line 2 in
file /usr/local/active/hall/ftp/test.tex: String
contains an invalid utf-8 sequence ...
1 \starttext
2 >> 8 1/2 × 11 inch,
3 \stoptext
4
5
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[NTG-context] \math or $ doesn't work.
I want to insert the string 8 1/2 x 11 in my
text. Here is my test file:
\starttext
\math{8^1_2} × 11 inch,
\stoptext
I am using texlive 2014 mkiv.
--
John Culleton
Wexford Press
Book layout, typesetting and Indexing
Free list of books for self-publishers:
http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html
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