[NTG-context] Re: How hard should something get \smash-ed ?

Hi, On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM Jim wrote:

Hi,

In plain TeX,

$$\smash{\sum_0^n}$$

is set in \displaystyle, just like

$$\smash{\sum_0^n}$$

However, ConTeXt

\starttext $$\smash{\sum^0_n}$$ \stoptext

outputs the above in \textstyle, whereas

\starttext $$\sum^0_n$$ \stoptext

is in (of course(?)) \displaystyle.

Is this difference intentional?

Thanks for reporting. I don't think it is intentional. (Can you show your real world example where \smash is needed? It seems to not really be used in any macro in ConTeXt.) /Mikael PS $$ is not meant to be used in ConTeXt. If you want inline math in display style, use \dm {}, and if you want displayed formulas in display style, use \startformula \stopformula.