Re: [Groff] EQN documentation

[Cedric Sodhi]

Hi, can I still contribute through a complete manpage? Meaning I take
the current Groff EQN manpage and add (with my own words) what is
missing as for the traditional Roff EQN commands and the shortcuts such
as del/grad. I'd really dislike to see you doing this all on your own
without having contributed anything.


On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 05:55:43PM -0000, Ted Harding wrote:
> That being said, I'd like to let it be known that I have been
> contemplating for a long time putting together a connected account
> (like an extended version of the Kernighan & Cherry "Typesetting
> Mathematics -- User's Guide" that Ralph pointed to previously).
> This would include not only the entirety of the basics of using
> GNU eqn, but also how to tweak the details, and how to extend it
> using macros, etc., based on the many "tips & tricks" I have built
> up over some 25 years of using UNIX and GNU eqn.
> 
> So it's probably time I started! This would be in PS and PDF format,
> along with troff source, and would of course be freely available
> (and possibly appropriate for bundling with groff).
> 
> So stand by.
> Ted.
> 
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