Re: New chapter in ANSS-CE

Hi Jim,

On Mon, 18 May 2026, Jim via ntg-context wrote:

> Hi all (newer ConTeXt users in particular):
> 
> I added a new Part to ANSS-CE ("New Topics"), which currently has one
> chapter (but other contributions are welcome :-).
> 
> The new chapter is a fairly short "quick start" for typesetting
> mathematics.  ANSS essentially did not touch that topic, and since I have
> used a lot of math in my TeX docs, I thought I might not be the only one
> who could get benefit from that top.
> 
> There is, of course, the "Mathematics in ConTeXt" document
> (mathincontext-{screen,paper}.pdf on a disk or SSD near you), which this
> shortish chapter refers to.  While everyone who typesets serious
> mathematics should read that, 292 pages may be intimidating for people who
> only need to know a tiny little bit.
> 
> The new chapter is attached to this email so you don't have to download the
> whole document and compile it yourself.  (But if you prefer to do that,
> great.)
> 
> I haven't yet found anyone to proof-read the new chapter, so if you take a
> look and find some errors or have suggestions, please let me know.

That's a nice introduction. I did a quick read and noticed (after Eq 14.1):

> The use of \startplacefigure is useful if your equation occupies many lines, and you want it to float to another page if it doesn’t fit on the current page. If you are

There a typo (\startplacefigure instead of \startplaceformula), but the formula never "floats". 

Aditya

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