Hi Mikael, Basically, I see your problem with ConTeXts handling of math as a matter of taste! That is you want LaTeX syntax. It is easy enough to get the results you want. The only place where I see a bug is that a single prime is set larger than multple primes. regards Keith Am 11.02.2014 um 14:18 schrieb Mikael P. Sundqvist : > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Keith J. Schultz wrote: > > Am 11.02.2014 um 09:57 schrieb Mikael P. Sundqvist : > >> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: >> On 2/10/2014 9:24 AM, Mikael P. Sundqvist wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I used ConTeXt (mkii) to write my PhD thesis in Mathematics in 2008. It >> worked just fine. >> >> At the moment I write some exams and hand-outs using ConTeXt, but >> research using LaTeX (since the journals do not really accept ConTeXt >> and my collaborators dont know ConTeXt). >> >> It certainly works OK to write math in ConTeXt, but I have a feeling >> that there are some things that are somewhat broken or not finetuned to >> output what mathematicians expect. Look at the attached pdf files [1] >> l.pdf (from LaTeX) and c.pdf (from latest standalone ConTeXt), with >> source l.tex and c.tex for some examples. >> >> In mkiv we follow some alternative approaches compared to mkii (and probably other tex macro packages) and some aspects indeed might need tuning (or more configuration options) .. I try hard to get away from hackery solutions (for several reasons). >> >> I agree it is good to avoid hackery as long as possible, and I for sure is ready to relearn how to write some things. With the examples I gave in the previous email in mind: >> >> * How am I supposed to write first derivative (f') and second derivative (f'') in such a way that they have the same type of prime (the prime in the first derivative is the one I prefer)? > > No sure if to call this a bug! It seems that a single prime is always larger than multiple ones! > You can always change its size! > > I think the user should not have to change its size. All primes should have the same size, independent if they are one or several. > > >> * How am I supposed to write f_xx'' to get the output as in the LaTeX example (i.e. so that the primes are over the xx)? > > have to switch things around: f''_xx or f''_{xx} depending on the actual result you want. > > I know about the grouping. Please have a look at my example files in my earlier post in this thread. > > >> * Could the default placement of limits in integrals be changed (integral=nolimits)? This is how it is done in almost all math books). > > Not sure what you want here! example? can be LateX > > As above, I gave examples... > > Best regards, Mikael > > >> * What about the size and finetuning of placement of indices in integrals and sums (and probably products, unions, ...)? >> * I remember I suggested that \| should be double bars in a previous thread on this list. Is there any drawback in giving double bars for \|? Of course I can relearn and use \lVert and \rVert, but I have a feeling that if we want people moving from LaTeX to ConTeXt, then this is the kind of things that should just work as expected... >> >> Best regards, Mikael > > regards > Keith > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________