Hi list,
I have been trying to understand the workings of the \unit command, which is
producing strange spacing in math mode. In an effort to be more systematic, I
began by investigating the related \digit command. \digit works well in text,
but in math mode the comma separators produce unwanted space.
\digits {12,345.67} vs.\ $\digits {12,345.67}$
Below is a one page test document, derived from the code in phys-dim.mkxl.
I think a simple fix would be to treat the comma as “ord” inside a number, but
I don’t know if that is easy or not. I’d also like the space removed from
around the “x" in scientific notation, which might be accomplished the same way.
Thanks for all the work on spacing in math!
Gavin
\setuppapersize[A4]
\showmakeup[mathglue] %\mathspacingmode=1
\starttext
Digits in math mode have problems with comma separators.
\startbuffer
10 \setdigitmode {1} \setdigitorder{0} $\digits {12,345.67e89}$
20 \setdigitmode {2} \setdigitorder{0} $\digits {12,345.67e89}$
30 \setdigitmode {3} \setdigitorder{0} $\digits {12,345.67e89}$
40 \setdigitmode {4} \setdigitorder{0} $\digits {12,345.67e89}$
50 \setdigitmode {5} \setdigitorder{0} $\digits {12,345.67e89}$
60 \setdigitmode {6} \setdigitorder{0} $\digits {12,345.67e89}$
11 \setdigitmode {1} \setdigitorder{1} $\digits {12,345.67e89}$
21 \setdigitmode {2} \setdigitorder{1} $\digits {12,345.67e89}$
31 \setdigitmode {3} \setdigitorder{1} $\digits {12,345.67e89}$
41 \setdigitmode {4} \setdigitorder{1} $\digits {12,345.67e89}$
51 \setdigitmode {5} \setdigitorder{1} $\digits {12,345.67e89}$
61 \setdigitmode {6} \setdigitorder{1} $\digits {12,345.67e89}$
\stopbuffer
\typebuffer
This is typeset as:
\startlines \getbuffer \stoplines
In text, the \type{\digits} command works fine:
\setdigitmode {2}\setdigitorder{0}\digits{12,345.67e89}.
\blank
Suggestion: Within \type{\digits} (and probably \type{\units}) the comma could
be an \quotation{ord} rather than a \quotation{pun}. This appears to be how the
period is handled.
\blank
I personally think the space around the \quotation{$\times$} is excessive,
especially when the number is in a formula.
\startformula
\digits {12,345.67e89} + \digits {12,345.67e89}
\stopformula
I would like the \quotation{$\times$} to also be an \quotation{ord} when used
for scientific notation.
\stoptext
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