Sanjoy Mahajan wrote:
>
> Should I not use $$..$$ for display math?
The official answer to that is: no.
But if all you ever use is plain displays, you can manually
restore the four above&below skips to plain-compatible values.
(let as an exercise to the reader for extra discouragement)
Chee
The following file produces a overcrowded displayed formula (the
integral sign almost touches the line of text below it):
\starttext
$$\ln(1+x)=\int_1^{1+x}{dt\over t}$$ is very useful.
The logarithm is the area of regions A and B.
\stoptext
But if I use \startformula..\stopformula instead of $$.