Re: [TUHS] Re: GNU eqn clarifications and reforms

[Damian McGuckin]

On Thu, 15 Jun 2023, G. Branden Robinson wrote:

> At 2023-06-15T22:18:08-0400, Douglas McIlroy wrote:
> > I am not convinced that using special characters rather than in-line
> > eqn is a good thing. It means learning a whole new vocabulary.  Quick,
> > what's the special character for Greek psi?
>
> \[*q] !
>
> But I may suffer from an excessive familiarity with this material.

Yes. Me too. Maybe that is a sad comment on the both of us.

Why do Greeks have an alternate way of writing sigma!

> You need one rule: use "smallover" instead of "over" if you're trying to 
> pack a fraction into running text.

Thanks. I had not thought of that.

Thanks - Damian

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