Re: Math Chars

[Oliver Corff]

Hi Branden,

thank you!

Oliver.

On 16/01/2021 07:33, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> Hi Oliver,
>
> At 2021-01-14T21:37:21+0100, Oliver Corff wrote:
> > Filip's question prompted me to have a look at the eqn(1) manpage, and
> > unfortunately, the "See also" section near the end does not point to
> > groff_char(7) where all the symbols groff knows are listed.
> >
> > What about appending this short paragraph and change it from
> >
> > SEE ALSO: groff(1), troff(1), pic(1), groff_font(5), The TeXbook
> >
> > to
> >
> > SEE ALSO: groff_char(7), groff(1), troff(1), pic(1), groff_font(5), The
> > TeXbook
> >
> > and perhaps include a short statement somewhere in the text body that
> > all math symbols are detailed in a separate manpage?
> I pushed something along the lines you describe.
>
> commit 34ecb24b95edf60d231b71ef2782c5a8994098cb
> Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
> Date:   Fri Jan 15 12:24:31 2021 +1100
>
>      eqn(1): Add cross reference to groff_char(7).
>
>      ...prompted by recommendation from Oliver Corff.
>
> diff --git a/src/preproc/eqn/eqn.1.man b/src/preproc/eqn/eqn.1.man
> index 2ea4ea5c..db672e28 100644
> --- a/src/preproc/eqn/eqn.1.man
> +++ b/src/preproc/eqn/eqn.1.man
> @@ -1570,6 +1570,15 @@ Addison-Wesley Professional.
>   .
>   .
>   .LP
> +.IR groff_char (@MAN7EXT@),
> +particularly subsections \[lq]Logical symbols\[rq],
> +\[lq]Mathematical symbols\[rq],
> +and \[lq]Greek glyphs\[rq],
> +documents a variety of special character escapes useful in mathematical
> +typesetting.
> +.
> +.
> +.LP
>   .IR groff (@MAN1EXT@),
>   .IR \%@g@troff (@MAN1EXT@),
>   .IR \%@g@pic (@MAN1EXT@),
>
> Regards,
> Branden