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".
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