Re: [groff] mark/lineup in eqn

[Damian McGuckin]

Doug,

On Tue, 1 May 2018, Doug McIlroy wrote:

> In fact the matrix trick is so painful that with tongue
> hardly in cheek I'd claim that for the present example
> raw troff would be simpler:
>
> \h'\w'longidentifier'u-\w'shortid'u'\c
> shortid = expression1
> .br
> longidentifier = expression2

When I try (the non-indented) version of this

        .S 14 16
        .EQ
        shortid ~ mark = ~ expression1
        .EN
        .SP
        .EQ
        longidentifier ~ lineup = ~ expression2
        .EN

with 'groff -mm', it does exactly what I think you want. Sorry, I hate the 
default spacing around the equal sign so I always add one either side! I 
do not think I am doing anything special.

Doug, I have attached the PDF which should reach you but I am unsure as to 
whether that makes it through to the mailing list.

Regards - Damian

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