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Article #2533Re: eqn and tbl (old problem)
From: Dick Dunn
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 1991 06:56
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 1991 06:56
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npn@cbnewsl.att.com (nils-peter.nelson) writes in response to an equation- within-table question: > The DWB 3.1 tbl documentation says: ... > When eqn and tbl are used together on the same file, tbl > should be used first. To be fair, so does the tbl documentation back at least as far as v7. (Sorry; I don't have anything earlier.:-) > There are all kinds of caveats, and some examples. > But that would be telling. Here's part of an example, though: [excerpt of example] Looks to be approximately the same example as in the 1979 paper by Lesk. No intent to flame Peter, but since most of us don't have (and can't get:-( DWB 3.x, a little software archaeology may be helpful. The equation- within-table example persists in BSD manuals to this day, although it may have been dropped from some of the AT&T manuals in the interregnum. -- Dick Dunn rcd@ico.isc.com -or- ico!rcd Boulder, CO (303)449-2870 ...But is it art?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!udel!rochester!kodak!ispd-newsserver!ism.isc.com!ico!rcd From: rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: eqn and tbl (old problem) Summary: yes, but... Message-ID: <1991Feb19.065612.1083@ico.isc.com> Date: 19 Feb 91 06:56:12 GMT References: <16767@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> <1991Feb18.203318.2509@cbnewsl.att.com> Organization: Interactive Systems Corporation, Boulder, CO Lines: 25