Re: [Groff] how to use amsmath symbols in groff

[Shiv Shankar Dayal]

> (1) Amsmath fonts are by default only available for -Tdvi.  However,
>     it is rather straightforward to add Type 1 versions of the fonts
>     to the PS backend.  The only tedious work is to harmonize the
>     glyph names between the dvi and ps backends.  For example, glyph
>     `squaredot' (in TeXLive's msam10.pfb) is called `boxdot' in the
>     dvi backend.  If this is of no importance, a simple run of
>     afmtodit should give you a usable groff font metric file for -Tps.
>
> (2) Within eqn data, you can use e.g. \[boxdot].  If necessary, look
>     into `eqnrc' how to use sdefine to change a symbol's category.

Thank you. I do not think it is very difficult to do it as you suggest.
Just sounds boring. I will start working on it today and will ask
questions if I get stuck.


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Best regards,
Shiv Shankar Dayal