Re: [Groff] tbl problem

[Werner LEMBERG]

> For example, take eqn `$x sub 1$'.  In ps, this has a nice graphical
> representation of x with index 1.  For tty output, however, this 
> is implemented as a font change.  But it could also be mapped to
> `x_1' as is done by mathematicians to write formulas in a linear 
> way (e.g. in emails).  So nroff- and troff-like output differs in a
> fundamental way.  
> 
> Maybe its better to call these two cases as graphical and text 
> interface instead of troff/nroff.

There is already an excellent package for displaying equations on
TTYs.  It is called `eqnascii', written by Przemek Borys
<address@hidden>.  Unfortunately, I don't have time to integrate
this stuff into eqn.  And I must admit that my knowledge of the
internal details of eqn is very limited.  Any volunteers?


    Werner