Re: \mapsto, depth of subscripts, height of superscripts

[Andre Poenitz]

On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 03:12:24PM +0100, Jules Bean wrote:
> I might know what TeX is doing, but I don't know what you're asking ;-)
> 
> TeX, when it typesets a subscript, goes back and looks at the last
> 'atom' in the current math list. Exactly where it puts the subscript
> depends on what type of atom that last was.

Ok. Two question then:

1. What is an "atom"?
2. Where does TeX put the subscript after an atom?
3. Where does TeX put the superscript after an atom?

Andre'

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