* abbreviations as macros
@ 2010-08-07 14:15 ivo welch
2010-08-07 15:10 ` Aditya Mahajan
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From: ivo welch @ 2010-08-07 14:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi Hans:
This is asking Armin Varmaz' question in a different way, although I
know even less. I would like to define a macro that is just an
abbreviation.
For example, say I want to define a snippet \NPV which provides the
text NPV$_0$, and NPV is in textfont while 0 is in mathfont. This
should work everywhere---formulas, subscripts, footnotes, etc., and
automatically appear in the correct sizing.
In LaTeX, this is easy to do:
\newcommand{\NPV}{\text{NPV\ensuremath{_0}}}
I can now use \NPV\ in formulas, footnotes, subscripts, titles, etc.,
and it is properly sized everywhere.
Is there a recommended way to do this on conTeXt?
regards,
/iaw
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* Re: abbreviations as macros
2010-08-07 14:15 abbreviations as macros ivo welch
@ 2010-08-07 15:10 ` Aditya Mahajan
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From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2010-08-07 15:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Sat, 7 Aug 2010, ivo welch wrote:
> Hi Hans:
>
> This is asking Armin Varmaz' question in a different way, although I
> know even less. I would like to define a macro that is just an
> abbreviation.
>
> For example, say I want to define a snippet \NPV which provides the
> text NPV$_0$, and NPV is in textfont while 0 is in mathfont. This
> should work everywhere---formulas, subscripts, footnotes, etc., and
> automatically appear in the correct sizing.
>
> In LaTeX, this is easy to do:
>
> \newcommand{\NPV}{\text{NPV\ensuremath{_0}}}
>
> I can now use \NPV\ in formulas, footnotes, subscripts, titles, etc.,
> and it is properly sized everywhere.
If you never need to use a full form of the abbreviation, then you can
just use the same in ConTeXt. The equivalent of \ensuremath is \math;
everything else is the same.
\define\NPV{\text{NPV\math{_0}}
I would, however, write this slightly differently (even in LaTeX) as
\math{\text{NPV}_0}
but that is just a stylistic issue.
> Is there a recommended way to do this on conTeXt?
The usual way of defining abbreviations in ConTeXt is
\abbreviation [NPV] {\math{\text{NPV}_0}} {full form}
Then you can use
\NPV\ for a short form of the abbreviation and \infull{NPV} for the full
form. The advantage is that you can also get a list of used abbreviations.
Aditya
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