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[Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden>]

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 address@hidden wrote:
> I am sure that answer is no but is there any difference between the
> following two?
>
> The first one was typed using \math <enter> to go into math mode.
>
> The second one was done using the $ key.
>
> The effect is exactly the same (I also can see that the math macro is
> nothing more than a with|mode|math from std-markup.ts).
>
> The question is:  Why do we want to have two way of doing the same
> thing---both ways are equally easy or hard to remember.

We actually don't: <math|...> should become to rule,
but I have not yet had time to write the upgrading code.

> This is another test <math|N<rsub|1>+N<rsub|2>=\<alpha\>> is another test.
>
> This is another test <with|mode|math|N<rsub|1>+N<rsub|2>=\<alpha\>> is
> another test.