Re: [groff] mark/lineup in eqn

[Damian McGuckin]

On Wed, 2 May 2018, Doug McIlroy wrote:

> I agree it lines things up right horizontally. What I complained
> about is that (at least in -ms) a separate EQ-EN pair for each
> line introduces extra vertical space, so the sequence does not
> look like a coherent whole.

Is that because of the spacing inside the .EQ/@EQ macro

        .sp \\n[DD]u

I do not get that problem with -mm. However, my solution screws badly
with the left margin.

Personally, I just use extra '~' in front of the short ID

Here it is:
.br
.EQ
~~~~~~~~~~~~ doug ~ mark = ~ expression1
.EN
.br
.EQ
malcolmdouglasmcilroy ~ lineup = ~ expression2
.EN

Regards - Damian

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