[NTG-context] Re: How hard should something get \smash-ed ?

[Mikael Sundqvist <mickep@gmail.com>]

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Hi,

On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM Jim <zlists+context@jdvb.ca> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In plain TeX,
>
> $$\smash{\sum_0^n}$$
>
> is set in \displaystyle, just like
>
> $$\smash{\sum_0^n}$$
>
>
> However, ConTeXt
>
> \starttext
> $$\smash{\sum^0_n}$$
> \stoptext
>
> outputs the above in \textstyle, whereas
>
> \starttext
> $$\sum^0_n$$
> \stoptext
>
> is in (of course(?)) \displaystyle.
>
> Is this difference intentional?
>

Thanks for reporting. I don't think it is intentional. (Can you show your
real world example where \smash is needed? It seems to not really be used
in any macro in ConTeXt.)

/Mikael

PS $$ is not meant to be used in ConTeXt. If you want inline math in
display style, use \dm {}, and if you want displayed formulas in display
style, use \startformula \stopformula.

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