On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:54:25 +0100
Hans Hagen
On 2/16/2016 9:22 AM, Nicola wrote:
I read in the wiki (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Math) that $…$ for inline math is deprecated in favor of \m{…} and more verbose variants. Is that really the case? If so, what is the reason and what are the differences?
that page probably needs updating
anyway, it's unlikely that $ will be dropped (ok, i can imagine a mode where dollars are dollars) because it's popular as math delimiter; however \m has more potential for structure (we can at some point even considering it an instance of a more general inline math mechanism)
Personally, I never use \m and remain (culturally) attached to $...$ syntax. This being said, I am not a TeX purist as I never use $$ ... $$ to delimit display math (even in LaTeX). I see no problem with having a few reserved characters, and since I do not often write about money or use percentages much, I have no problem using {\%} or {\$} when I really need them. I can imagine, though, that a finance writer might find this annoying. I do note that the VIM syntax highlighting routine is pretty poor and has difficulties around $, which is a symbol that I like using (unpaired) quite a lot in MetaPost (\startMPcode...\stopMPcode). What sort of needs for structure could \m address for inline math? Clearly, an equation to which one might want to have a reference math should appear rather as displayed math. Alan -- Alan Braslau CEA DSM-IRAMIS-SPEC CNRS UMR 3680 Orme des Merisiers 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex FRANCE tel: +33 1 69 08 73 15 fax: +33 1 69 08 87 86 mailto:alan.braslau@cea.fr