From: Sanjoy Mahajan <sanjoy@MIT.EDU>
To: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>, ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: \setupmathradical[sqrt] crunches denominator in an \over fraction
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 06:00:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87eh0nnj1h.fsf@approx.mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5358CDEF.4050103@wxs.nl>
Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> writes:
> indeed. this is what (sort of) happens in case of a plugged in renderer:
>
> \sqrt{#1} -> ...\mathstylehbox{#1}... -> ...\hbox{\stylecommand #1}...
>
> when #a = a \over b the style gets applied to the a only as \over
> creates two (pseudo) groups i.e. the \over isolates a and b
>
> > \sqrt{{k\over m}}\quad \sqrt{\displaystyle{k\over m}}
>
> would work ok
Ah, I understand. The extra-braces solution, \sqrt{{k\over m}}, is
simple and I can retain my \over habits.
-Sanjoy
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2014-04-21 23:53 Sanjoy Mahajan
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