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diff --git a/doc/user/mat b/doc/user/mat new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cbead5c --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/user/mat @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +@Chapter + @Title { Mathematics } + @Tag { mathematics } +@Begin +@LP +This chapter explains how to produce mathematics in Lout, +equations. @RawIndex { equations @I see mathematics } +mathematics. @Index mathematics +mathematics.math @SubIndex { @Code "@Math" } +math. @Index { @Code "@Math" (mathematics) } +using the @Code "@Math" symbol +@FootNote { +@Code "@Math" follows the equation formatting rules of D. E. Knuth's +knuth @Index { Knuth, D. E. } +tex. @Index { @TeX } +@TeX system. Prior to Version 3.37 of Lout, this chapter described +a symbol called +eq. @Index @Code "@Eq" +{@Code "@Eq"} which was similar to {@Code "@Math"} but less faithful +to those rules. For backward compatibility the @Code "@Eq" symbol +is still available and still works exactly as described in the old +documentation, but there is no reason to use it in new documents. +} +like this: +@ID @Code @Verbatim { +@Math { int from { 0 } to { 1 } dx over sqrt {1 - x sup 2} = pi over 2 } +} +This example produces +@ID @Math { int from { 0 } to { 1 } dx over sqrt {1 - x sup 2} = pi over 2 } +The @Code "@Math" symbol looks after all the details of spacing for +you, and it provides several hundred mathematical symbols. +@BeginSections +@Include { mat_intr } +@Include { mat_comm } +@Include { mat_matr } +@Include { mat_disp } +@Include { mat_defs } +@Include { mat_summ } +@EndSections +@End @Chapter |