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Article #694Mathematics in Tables with Troff
From: Henry McGilton -- Software Produ...
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1989 18:32
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1989 18:32
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In article <1989Aug30.170333.6938@tessera.uucp>,
jtc@tessera.uucp (J.T. Conklin) writes:
> Is it possible to set equations in table in eqn/tbl/troff?
> I've tried the following with unsatisfactory results:
>
> .EQ
> delim %%
> .EN
> .TS
> center;
> c s
> l l.
> Geometric Measurements
> _
> % pi r sup 2 % area of a circle
> % 2 pi d % circumference of a circle
> _
> .TE
>
And in article <315@unmvax.unm.edu>,
brainerd@unmvax.unm.edu (Walt Brainerd), writes (quite correctly):
* Two things to watch out for.
* 1. Make sure you put it thru tbl first (before eqn).
* It worked fine on my system.
* 2. Make sure you use a symbol for the eqn delim that is not
* generated by tbl (as a funny register name, for example).
* This can be tested by running:
* tbl <file> | grep %
You also might want to change tbl's options line to read:
center delim(%%) ;
so that tbl knows about the delimiters that eqn is using
for in-line equations.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!sun-barr!newstop!sun!angel!henry From: henry%angel@Sun.COM (Henry McGilton -- Software Products) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Mathematics in Tables with Troff Keywords: eqn, tbl, troff, mathematics, tables Message-ID: <124033@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 31 Aug 89 18:32:35 GMT Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Distribution: usa Lines: 47