thank you, Wolfgang, for your quick reply! This is exactly what I needed! 2011/5/19 Wolfgang Schuster > > Am 19.05.2011 um 13:04 schrieb Julian Becker: > > > I'm still having problems migrating from latex to context: > > In latex, I used to write e.g. $\| x \| = 1$, and get two vertical lines > on each side of the x. In ConTeXt, the same "\|" is only producing one > single vertical line. I tried using "||" and "\parallel", but in both cases > the spacing is not as desired. Does anybody know how this is done properly? > > \starttext > $\Vert x \Vert = 1$ > \stoptext > > Wolfgang > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > -- Julian Becker Institut für Angewandte Physik, R.123 Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Corrensstr. 2/4 48149 Münster / Westfalen Tel. 0251 83-3 61 53 Mob. 0151 599 848 29 e-mail: j_beck16@uni-muenster.de "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for it is the wellspring of life."