Re: [Groff] A progress report

[Eric S. Raymond]

Ted Harding <address@hidden>:
> I.e., can one set a "global variable2 in MathML? Where, in this
> case, it would have the value of the offset at the "mark" point,
> and be called on for setting offsets at subsequent "lineups"?

Alas, the answer is "no".

The MathML designers chose a model in which disjoint MathML
expressions in the same document don't share any global state at all.
I can't fault them for this, even though it makes the present case
awkward.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>