Re: [Groff] eqn troubles

[Miklos Somogyi]

On 29/09/2008, at 11:56 PM, Clarke Echols wrote:

> I wrote the following:
>
> ==== start groff source file
> .ll 6.5i
> .pl 11i
> .sp |2.5i
>
> This is some text.
>
> .EQ
> x + y = z
> .EN
>
> This is another line of text.
>
> End of text.
> ==== End of groff file
>
> I ran the command:
>
>    eqn textfile.roff |groff >textfile.ps
>
> then opened the PS file using KGhostView on Ubuntu Linux, latest
> version (Ubuntu 8.04) with all current updates applied.
>
> It worked just fine.
>
> Program files are located in /usr/share/groff/1.18.1, so I
> assume that means it's groff 1.18.1, right?
>
> Clarke

Thanks Clarke,

I have 1.19.2 and a Mac, and now matter how I'm padding this little  
program with text and requests,
all I have is "syntax error".

Miklos