On 9/25/2022 3:30 PM, Gavin via ntg-context wrote:
Hello list,
I have a few questions about space produced by the unit command. Consider this
MWE
\starttext
\unit{3.00e8 kg m/s}
$\unit{3.00e8 kg m/s}$
\stoptext
The dot between “kg” and “m” has different spacing depending on whether the
\unit command is in text or math mode. I think that the tighter spacing in the
first one, in text, is correct.
I personally would also like less space around the \times. To me, the number
3.00e8 should be typeset more like a single number, rather than like a product
of 3.00 and 10^8. I am probably in the minority here. If \unit and \digit had
an option for tighter spacing around the \times, I’d use it, but the current
output with more space is probably what most people expect and want. Perhaps
something like [scispace=tight].
that's for the math todo
Finally, \unit does not play nicely with surrounding spaces. For example:
$2\pi\,\unit{3.00e8 kg m/s}$
causes a fatal error:
tex error > tex error on line 9 in file ./Untitled.tex: Incompatible glue
units (case 1)
that's an interesting case for the engine (Mixing regular and mu skips
and so) ... we mighth finaly have a valid case for a primitive zero test
Hans
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