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- From: nigelh@csr.UVic.CA (R Nigel Horspool)
- Subject: Re: There's *got* to be a better way!
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- Keywords: FrameMath
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- Date: 22 Jul 92 21:07:09 GMT
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- caughey@farad.UVic.CA (Dave Caughey) writes:
-
- >Two problems I've noted about the FrameMath package:
-
- >1. Quite often I want to show derivations or proofs in my papers. This
- >requires me to enter a lot of equations of the form
-
- > left_hand_side = right_hand_side#1
- > = right_hand_side#2
- > = right_hand_side#3
-
- >where all the equals signs are lined up. A related scenario has a long
- >expression spread across multiple lines, with operators lined up with the
- >initial equal sign
-
- > left_hand_side = component#1
- > + component#2
-
-
- > ...
- >Does anyone know of an easier method of doing this? (with macros,
- >perhaps? parallel frames?)
-
-
- A much easier way is to use tables. Simply set up a three-column
- table which has the Ruling Style set to None.
- Then put your left-hand side equation in appropriate cells of the
- first column, the equals and plus symbols in a narrow middle column
- and your right-hand side expressions in the third column.
- Each left-hand side and each right-hand side (or each component)
- should be created separately with FrameMath.
-
-
- Nigel Horspool
-