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Re: Mathematics in Tables with Troff

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From: Konstantinos Konstantinides
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1989 16:35
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>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
>
>I'd appreciate any pointers on how to do this properly.
>
>Thanks,
According to the tbl manual (and it works fine for me),
you should have
    .TS
    center, delim (%%);
    c s     ^^^^^^^^^^
    ...................

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K. Konstantinides
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Subject: Re: Mathematics in Tables with Troff
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Date: 31 Aug 89 16:35:33 GMT
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