From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/25614 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Typesetting chemical reaction equations Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:25:07 +0100 Message-ID: <43DA4963.6080505@wxs.nl> References: <43DA41B9.5020800@kpatents.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138379129 31489 80.91.229.2 (27 Jan 2006 16:25:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:25:29 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Jan 27 17:25:28 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F2WPQ-0005L5-N8 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:25:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7CBE127A1; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:25:10 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 31207-05-3; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:25:08 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0693312825; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:25:08 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F8CA12825 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:25:07 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 31207-05-2 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:25:06 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-212-84-128-085.solcon.nl [212.84.128.85]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 8458F127A1 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:25:06 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.102] (unverified [10.100.1.102]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.5b3) with ESMTP id 3005 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:37:14 +0300 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <43DA41B9.5020800@kpatents.com> X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=-274017400 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:25614 Archived-At: Ville Voipio wrote: > I would need to typeset some rather simple reaction equations. I do not > need the structural capabilities of PPCHTeX, just something simpler. The > thing I am writing has something to do with physical chemistry, so I > need mathematical equations, as well. > > Of course, the natural way to do this: > > \placeformula > \startformula > \rm > NH_3(g) + H^+(aq.) + Cl^-(aq.) \rightarrow NH_4^+(aq.) + Cl^-(aq.) > \stopformula > > This gives rather pleasant-looking results. However, is this the right > (i.e. kosher) way of doing things, or do I run into trouble at some > later point with this? What are you chemists using? > > And how do I switch off the equation numbering for the chemical > reactions (I'd like to have the mathematical formulae still numbered)? > \usemodule[chemic] \placeformula[-] \startformula \chemical{NH_3(g),+,H^+(aq.),+,Cl^-(aq.),->,NH_4^+(aq.),+,Cl^-(aq.)} \stopformula ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------