From: Sietse Brouwer <sbbrouwer@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: A problem with autopunctuation
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:51:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAF=dkzyq_UV4BUeV1KCTqUcJ55sZ1_qcrGVnN62Bq=G30f+pLw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121104230354.4bda9aa3@aga-netbook>
Reviving this thread, because MkIV's default behaviour is still
improper. The current default of always adding a space after periods
*and* commas is expected by nobody, I think. Revival prompted by a
recent tex.se question:
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/84911/number-kerning-in-context-math-mode-is-different-and-worse-than-normal/84947#84947
I've set out the behaviour below; A --> B means 'A displays as B'.
MkIV should probably follow either MkII, or the behavior Aditya and
Marcin proposed.
(Actually, even if we choose MkII behavior, it would be nice to have
the latter available, too. Maybe as an option autopunctuation=user? It
would require someone to hack respace[math_char] in math-noa.lua,
though.)
Cheers,
Sietse
== This is MkIV's behaviour ==
Spaces are ignored.
\setupmathematics[autopunctuation=no] (the default)
2,5 --> 2, 5
2.5 --> 2. 5
\setupmathematics[autopunctuation=yes]
2,5 --> 2,5
2.5 --> 2.5
Spaces are ignored.
== This is MkII's behaviour ==
Spaces are ignored.
Without \enablemathpunctuation (no \disablemathpunctuation):
% default TeX behaviour
2.5 or 2. 5 --> 2.5
2,5 --> 2, 5
\enablemathpunctuation:
2.5 --> 2.5
2,5 --> 2,5
== This would be really nice ==
See Aditya and Marcin's mails, further up this thread.
http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg66306.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg66307.html
Spaces are significant.
\setupmathematics[autopunctuation=no]
% standard TeX behaviour
2,5 --> 2, 5
2, 5 --> 2, 5
2.5 --> 2.5
2. 5 --> 2.5
\setupmathematics[autopunctuation=yes]
% user controls spacing without needing to type 2,\, 5 all the time
% decimal-mark agnostic
% but especially when the decimal mark is a comma
2,5 --> 2,5
2, 5 --> 2, 5
2.5 --> 2.5
2. 5 --> 2. 5
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-30 12:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-03 0:45 Marcin Borkowski
2012-11-04 21:11 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2012-11-04 21:38 ` Aditya Mahajan
2012-11-04 22:03 ` Marcin Borkowski
2012-11-30 12:51 ` Sietse Brouwer [this message]
2012-11-30 12:58 ` Sietse Brouwer
2012-12-04 12:58 ` Sietse Brouwer
2012-11-03 19:04 Andres Conrado
2012-11-03 20:15 ` Marcin Borkowski
2012-11-04 10:04 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2012-11-04 21:00 ` Marcin Borkowski
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