From: Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Multi-letter variables in math mode
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 18:20:54 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.03.1311271810370.5633@hzvpu.rqh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <701359A0-5A78-4283-A55D-960EFB1F24A5@gmx.de>
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On Wed, 27 Nov 2013, Thaddäus Töppen wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Sometimes I use variables (really rather abbreviations) in math formulas.
> It seems to me that the letterspacing is a bit too wide then.
> Maybe math mode thinks I want to multiply the letters as if they were variables for themselves.
> Is there a way to preserve normal letterspacing locally in a formula?
Latex provides a \mathit macro for such variables. From what I understand,
this is essentially the same as using \text{\it ...}. For example:
\starttext
\startformula \startalign
\NC efat \NR
\NC \text{\it efat} \NR
\stopalign \stopformula
\stoptext
You could wrap this around in a macro, if you wish (but don't use \mathit,
as that is reserved for normal math in context).
Aditya
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