On 30-Jul-2012 22:06:18 Timothy Groves wrote:
> I need to embed subscripts in my document. In particular, I want
> something that in eqn would be expressed as 'V sub 0' and 'V sub 1'.
> There appears to be no glyphs suitable to this job available in groff,
> and I cannot use eqn in the context that I need this expression, because
> inline eqn produces results inconsistent with the surrounding text.
>
> I am using groff 1.21 and ms. Any suggestions?
If you want subscripts in a similar style to eqn subscripts (i.e. at
reduced point size), then you can use \*<X\*> to make X into a
subscript, and also \*{Y\*} to make Y into a superscript.
So, for instance, your "V sub 0" and "V sub 1" would be done as
V\*<0\*> V\*<1\*>
Note that this makes no reference to what precedes it, unlike eqn
where 'sub' situates the subscript beside the "bottom right-hand
corner" of what precedes it; \*<X\*> simply moves down a bit from
the current position, reduces the point size, outputs whatever X
may be, and then resets the point size and moves back up. So
V\*<This is a subscript\*>
is perfectly possible.
You can refine the style of this by defining your own version of
\*< and \*> as strings, using
.ds < [...]
.ds > [...]
to, for instance, move down a different amount, or not change the
point size by so much, etc.
Hoping this helps,
Ted.
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