Hi Hans, congrats for this new society! — At this date it is specially hilarious :-)
Happy CMS! Willi > On 1 Apr 2022, at 16:30, jdh via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote: > > > > Wrong. The imperial measurement system, may give Europeans a headache, but > is NOT obsolete, by any means. A good chunk of the world use the imperial > measurment system and may be required in certain books, depending on a > country's standards. > > dh > > --------- > > > Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote: > >> Oh, great work, thank you! (While I keep working with WebCMS and avoid >> math...) >> >> And I guess you forgot to mention that you discontinued the support >> for non-metric measures like the obsolete inch, except Potrzebie, of >> course. >> >> Hraban >> >> Am 01.04.22 um 10:02 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context: >>> Hi, >>> As most of you know by now, Mikael and I are working on a math >>> support upgrade. In order to let users keep up we uploaded a new >>> version. We have been revisioning some of the more obscure >>> constructs where we have no clue of usage, like pmod, bmod, >>> bordermatrix etc, commands that we took (and reimplemented) >>> decades ago from plain TeX or AMS TeX, assuming that these are >>> standards. >>> In this release, encouraged by the positive response we received >>> from users regarding the new simplealignment construction, and in >>> particular regarding the self-explaining sesac, we have decided to >>> introduced some new constructs. First out is >>> \startformula >>> \startxıɹʇɐɯ >>> \NC a_1 \NC b_1 \NC c_1 \NR >>> \NC a_2 \NC b_2 \NC c_2 \NR >>> \NC a_3 \NC b_3 \NC c_3 \NR >>> \stopxıɹʇɐɯ >>> \stopformula >>> for rotation matrices. This was demanded for some advanced math >>> courses that Mikael teaches. It might inspire users to come up with >>> demands that suits their own obscure but nevertheless interesting >>> math. >>> At some point we realized that, with (also) scientific publishers >>> (of math journals) moving to MS Word and Indesign, we operate in a >>> rather peculiar niche and the fact that we use an upgraded and more >>> granular math engine, made us wonder how to communicate all these >>> new features and standards that we set. It is for that reason that >>> from now on we will operate under the CMS umbrella. That >>> abbreviation stands for ConTeXt Math Society. It has no funny swirly >>> TeX logo which itself is a statement: in Unicode math script and >>> calligraphic alphabets are so messed up that it is impossible to >>> have a reliable and predictable rendering. We go for Dutch and >>> Swedish simplicity in the spirit of W.N. Lansburgh: back to the >>> times before TeX was written (1964). There will be no limits and >>> boundaries set. (Talking math limits and boundaries: these can >>> already go everywhere anyway, as can fences.) >>> So, when we mention CMS, we mean serious math business, but >>> kindergarten math is also embraced! There are no consequences for >>> users: ConTeXt users with a proven math track record are >>> automatically a member, but we are not too picky, everyone is >>> welcome. We don't have honorary members but Taco (the first ConTeXt >>> math user) and Aditya (the most experienced one) might consider >>> themselves as such. Mikael Sundqvist is the chairman, which is a >>> livelong appointment. (A nice side effect is that with Arthur living >>> in Sweden too, that gives us a very strong position in the TeX >>> landscape there.) >>> So, today's upload is sort of special: welcome CMS (ConTeXt Math >>> Shines), goodbye AMS (American Math Second). Of course we're open >>> for suggestions and it being an open society all voices will be >>> heard, but only proper (retro) math cf Lansburgh will be honored. Of >>> course we only listen to ConTeXt users and, as that package is not >>> supposed to be used for serious math, we don't bother about the few >>> publishers left that still do math. >>> Are we done? Not yet. We're in the middle of (colorful and graphic) >>> alignment ornaments and after that we're going to expand and improve >>> multi-line display formulas and equation numbering. >>> It will be no coincidence that the cover of Landburghs book about >>> math typesetting has a prominent 'AWE' embedded in a logo with a >>> lion on top: we hope all users are in awe about what the TeX lion >>> can do. >>> Mikael S & Hans H >>> >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to >> the Wiki! >> >> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / >> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >> webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net >> archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ >> wiki : http://contextgarden.net >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the > Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
