David Arnold wrote:
> Hans,
>
> I'm revisiting the metafun manual and I am marveling at the format of
> the source code. For example:
>
> \starttabulate[|lT|l|]
> \HL
> \NC \METAPOST\ code \NC mathematical equivalent \NC \NR
> \HL
> \NC (x,y) shifted (a,b) \NC $(x+a,y+b)$ \NC \NR
> \NC (x,y) scaled s \NC $(sx,sy)$ \NC \NR
> \NC (x,y) xscaled s \NC $(sx,y)$ \NC \NR
> \NC (x,y) yscaled s \NC $(x,sy)$ \NC \NR
> \NC (x,y) zscaled (u,v) \NC $(xu-yv,xv+yu)$ \NC \NR
> \NC (x,y) slanted s \NC $(x+sy,y)$ \NC \NR
> \NC (x,y) rotated r \NC $(x\cos(r)-y\sin(r),x\sin(r)+y\cos(r))$
> \NC \NR
> \HL
> \stoptabulate
>
> Pasting into my email program does not do this code snippet justice,
> as in the Metafun source, all of the \NC's are aligned vertically, as
> are the \NR's. How do you do this? Does your editor align these for
> you, or do you painstakenly align them manually with the spacebar?
>
just manually ; the cleaner the ascii text, the less chance of errors (typos or
coding); company policy/habit; it hardly takes more time;
Hans
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