From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/30808 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: WN Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Missing \dddot and \ddddot Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:30:37 +0200 Message-ID: <4509759D.9070305@cs.com> References: <45094609.9090206@cs.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 1158247976 24063 80.91.229.2 (14 Sep 2006 15:32:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:32:56 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Sep 14 17:32:54 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 1GNtCm-0000nf-At for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:32:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FA2B1FE05; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:32:43 +0200 (CEST) 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 15401-02-2; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:32:38 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE9841FD30; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:32:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB3EB1FD30 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:32:32 +0200 (CEST) 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 15401-02 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:32:28 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from imo-d03.mx.aol.com (imo-d03.mx.aol.com [205.188.157.35]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 28EF01FD08 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:30:43 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from Wneimeijer01@cs.com by imo-d03.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.6.) id a.394.a7a6c8c (60433) for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:30:36 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from [192.168.1.33] (3e331ada.dslaccess.aol.com [62.51.26.218]) by ciaaol-d01.mail.aol.com (v112.5) with ESMTP id MAILCIAAOLD012-ec114509759b284; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:30:36 -0400 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: X-AOL-IP: 62.51.26.218 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) 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:30808 Archived-At: Thanks for the quick response, it works. Wim adityam@umich.edu wrote: > On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, WN wrote: > > >> Hello, >> I need to use \dddot and \ddddot in one of my documents, does anyone >> know how to >> define these math symbols. >> > > The trouble is that most fonts do not contain these accents. > amsmath.sty gets over this definition by faking these symbols. It is > easy to port these definitions to context. > > amsmath.sty definition > > \newcommand{\dddot}[1]{% > {\mathop{#1}\limits^{\vbox to-1.4\ex@{\kern-\tw@\ex@ > \hbox{\normalfont ...}\vss}}}} > \newcommand{\ddddot}[1]{% > {\mathop{#1}\limits^{\vbox to-1.4\ex@{\kern-\tw@\ex@ > \hbox{\normalfont....}\vss}}}} > > > Converting to context > > %--------------------%<------------------------------------ > \unprotect > > % The true copy of amsmath definitions > \def\amsdddot {\limits^{\vbox to -1.4ex{\kern-2ex\hbox{\the\textfont\z@ ...}\vss}}} > \def\amsddddot{\limits^{\vbox to -1.4ex{\kern-2ex\hbox{\the\textfont\z@....}\vss}}} > > % I do not understand why you need to give negative height > % This looks better. > \def\amsdddot {\limits^{\vbox{\kern-2ex\hbox{\the\textfont\z@ ...}\vss}}} > \def\amsddddot{\limits^{\vbox{\kern-2ex\hbox{\the\textfont\z@....}\vss}}} > > \def\dddot #1{{\mathop{#1}\amsdddot }} > \def\ddddot#1{{\mathop{#1}\amsddddot}} > > \protect > > \starttext > > $\dddot{a}_{\dddot{b}}$ > > $\ddddot{a}_{\ddddot{b}}$ > \stoptext > %------------------------%<------------------------------------- > > Aditya > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >