On 12/22/2015 8:24 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote:
Wolfgang,
Can you explain to us why it should be preferable for ConTeXt users to employ \frac12 rather than the native TeX construction {1\over 2}? I understand that the macro \frac does some additional trickery but the two constructions should *always* yield identical results (when keyed-in properly).
Of course, Donald Knuth disagrees with \frac from the point of view of the aesthetics of the syntax.
Are you sure he disagrees? For instance \frac {12} {34} is less code than { {12} \over {34} } and all over the texbook (and web code) shortcuts are used. Afaik his idea of TeX is that users should do what they like best. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------