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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:30:19 -0400
To: 9fans@9fans.net
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Subject: Re: [9fans] ugly eqn/troff result
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> > 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