On Jun 2, 2007, at 4:58 PM, Alan G Isaac wrote:
And you can use
$$ f(x) = x^{2} $$
in LaTeX if you want,
even if
\[ f(x) = x^{2} \]
or
\begin{equation*}
f(x) = x^{2}
\end{equation*}
are more idiomatic.
(The last assumes the amsmath package is loaded.)
'cept that the $$...$$ is deprecated and will _not_ respect things
like equation alignment.
\documentclass[fleqn]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
This is a the LaTeX way:
\[a^2 + b^2 = c^2\]
Plain TeX form doesn't work:
$$a^2 + b^2 = c^2$$
\end{document}
While I too, really like _TeX for the Impatient_, it, like all Plain
TeX references has to be looked at as documentation for the
programmatic underpinnings of LaTeX and used in concert w/ an
understanding of the LaTeX2e source so as to avoid strange
interactions and difficulties.
William
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William Adams
senior graphic designer
Fry Communications
