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Re: [Groff] mm EQN?
From: |
Ralph Corderoy |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] mm EQN? |
Date: |
Fri, 29 Nov 2002 10:19:10 +0000 |
Hi Janez,
> The man pan on EQ says:
> EQ [label]
> Equation start. EQ/EN are the delimiters for equations written
> for eqn. EQ/EN must be inside a DS/DE-pair, except when EQ is
> only used to set options in eqn. The label will appear at the
> right margin of the equation, unless number register Eq is 1.
> Then the label will appear at the left margin.
>
> Does this mean I need to use .EQ with the following prologue?
> .DS I
> .EQ blah blah
> .EN
> .DE
>
> Or have I misunderstood something?
No, you haven't. Although you would need quotes for a .EQ with more
than one word. Here's a longer example.
.P
A test.
.DS I
Start of display.
.EQ "eq label"
2i + 4x sup 2
.EN
End of display.
.DE
End of para.
.P
Another para.
Cheers,
Ralph.