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Re: [Groff] how to use amsmath symbols in groff


From: Shiv Shankar Dayal
Subject: Re: [Groff] how to use amsmath symbols in groff
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:24:45 +0530

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Shiv Shankar Dayal
<address@hidden> wrote:
>> (1) Amsmath fonts are by default only available for -Tdvi.  However,
>>     it is rather straightforward to add Type 1 versions of the fonts
>>     to the PS backend.  The only tedious work is to harmonize the
>>     glyph names between the dvi and ps backends.  For example, glyph
>>     `squaredot' (in TeXLive's msam10.pfb) is called `boxdot' in the
>>     dvi backend.  If this is of no importance, a simple run of
>>     afmtodit should give you a usable groff font metric file for -Tps.
>>
>> (2) Within eqn data, you can use e.g. \[boxdot].  If necessary, look
>>     into `eqnrc' how to use sdefine to change a symbol's category.
>
> Thank you. I do not think it is very difficult to do it as you suggest.
> Just sounds boring. I will start working on it today and will ask
> questions if I get stuck.
>

I am sorry to ask more questions. I am trying to use pdfmark of Keith
Marshall. Can you please guide me through exact process so that I can
do it and probably contribute back if I succeed?

-- 
Best regards,
Shiv Shankar Dayal



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