The keyword 'big' within EQN

2023-06-27 Thread Damian McGuckin
Hi, In my 1.22.4, it does not get recognized. Is there a problem or it is a user error? Thanks - Damian Pacific Engineering Systems International . 20D Grose St, Glebe NSW 2037 Ph:+61-2-8571-0847 .. Fx:+61-2-9692-9623 | unsolicited email not wanted here Views & opinions here are mine and

Reference to Ted Harding's EQN document

2023-06-27 Thread Damian McGuckin
A reference is https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2013-10/pdfTyBN2VWR1c.pdf It is too long for a reference list. The link on 'troff.org' is broken. Can it be fixed? Thanks - Damian

Re: Reference to Ted Harding's EQN document

2023-06-27 Thread Dave Kemper
On 6/27/23, Damian McGuckin wrote: > A reference is > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2013-10/pdfTyBN2VWR1c.pdf > > It is too long for a reference list. I'm not sure why lists.gnu.org pages have two URL formats, but they can be shortened by replacing the "archive/html" with simpl

Matrix Column Vertical Spacing

2023-06-27 Thread Damian McGuckin
It has been said by someone more knowledgable than I that: A critical property of the 'matrix' construct is that elements in a row are aligned, which is not necessarily true in a sequence of piles. The point is that vertical spacing in columns is adjusted in conce

Re: The keyword 'big' within EQN

2023-06-27 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2023-06-28T08:43:46+1000, Damian McGuckin wrote: > In my 1.22.4, it does not get recognized. > > Is there a problem or it is a user error? I had noticed that myself. https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?64255 Regards, Branden signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Matrix Column Vertical Spacing

2023-06-27 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2023-06-28T12:21:47+1000, Damian McGuckin wrote: > It has been said by someone more knowledgable than I that: > > A critical property of the 'matrix' construct is that elements in > a row are aligned, which is not necessarily true in a sequence of > piles. That is consistentl

Re: Reference to Ted Harding's EQN document

2023-06-27 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2023-06-28T10:58:22+1000, Damian McGuckin wrote: > A reference is > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2013-10/pdfTyBN2VWR1c.pdf > > It is too long for a reference list. Did you try turning off filling (if necessary) and adding hyphenless break points? We have some advice about t

Re: Matrix Column Vertical Spacing

2023-06-27 Thread Damian McGuckin
On Tue, 27 Jun 2023, G. Branden Robinson wrote: Heirloom keeps the good layouts of A and B, but also the bracket alignment problem. It emits no diagnostics and lacks the horizontal botch, but I find its rendering of vector C to be excessively crowded vertically. I know that the old troff on S