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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] ugly eqn/troff result
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:30:19 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3f8c44fa7f7c22fa9054103b1a511de6@quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a560a5d00908261509mafa273apa08712d51d54c918@mail.gmail.com>

> > Why do I get an ugly result when trying to typeset (in file 'a')
> >
> > .EQ
> > a + left ( A + B right )
> > .EN
> >
> > with
> > eqn a | troff | dpost -f > a.ps?
> >
> > I am getting an equation in which the 'A+B' is significantly shifted
> > downwards inside the (), so that the two pluses just don't line up...
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ruda
> >
> > P.S.: what I actually wanted to typeset is 'something + ((A+B) sup
> > -1)', but the same happens...

i do see that the +s don't line up, but only by 1 pixel.
why do you think they should?  i would think that the
centerline of the left ( right ) business should line up
with the centerline of a +.  but that's an uneducated
guess.  can you point to a reference that says eqn
behaves as you expect?

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2009-08-26 22:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-08-13 12:59 Rudolf Sykora
2009-08-26 22:09 ` Rudolf Sykora
2009-08-26 22:30   ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2009-08-27  9:03     ` Rudolf Sykora
2009-08-26 22:50   ` Steve Simon
2009-08-26 22:56   ` Russ Cox
2009-09-03 12:33   ` Harri Haataja
2009-08-27 15:30 ` Russ Cox

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