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

[Shiv Shankar Dayal]

On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:

>
> > I have initial success in doing this and I hope to complete this
> > soon.  However, I would love to understand how mathematical
> > capabilities of groff can be made as good as that of latex.
>
> Can you be more explicit?  What are you missing, what would you like
> to see?  In general, while groff's eqn preprocessor has implemented a
> lot of TeX's mathematical capabilities, you will never have the same
> level of automatic positioning as with TeX.
>
>
Let us say at least all the symbols available in TeX. Is it not possible
to enhance eqn to match TeX. The obstacle will be human than technical in
my opinion.

Also, I will send the map and font files along with sample pdf for
verification
to list in three four days for AMSMath fonts.


> > Also, how can I do syntax highlighting?  Should I write custom
> > scripts to format my piece of code?
>
> Syntax highlighting on the input or the output side?
>
>
>     Werner
>

On the output side. I guess I can write a Python script which can be invoked
along with Pygments to output code to produce colorized output in PS/DVI.

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Best regards,
Shiv Shankar Dayal