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1.1       root        1: .\"    @(#)g5  6.1 (Berkeley) 5/22/86
                      2: .\"
                      3: .SC "Use on UNIX"
                      4: .PP
                      5: To print a document that contains mathematics on
                      6: the
                      7: .UC UNIX
                      8: typesetter,
                      9: .P1
                     10: eqn files | troff
                     11: .P2
                     12: If
                     13: there are any 
                     14: .UC TROFF
                     15: options, they go after the
                     16: .UC TROFF 
                     17: part of the command. For example,
                     18: .P1
                     19: eqn files | troff -ms
                     20: .P2
                     21: .PP
                     22: A compatible version of
                     23: .UC EQN
                     24: can be used on devices like teletypes and
                     25: .UC DASI
                     26: and
                     27: .UC GSI
                     28: terminals
                     29: which have half-line forward and reverse capabilities.
                     30: To print
                     31: equations on a Model 37 teletype, for example, use
                     32: .P1
                     33: neqn files | nroff
                     34: .P2
                     35: The language for equations recognized by
                     36: .UC NEQN
                     37: is identical to that of
                     38: .UC EQN,
                     39: although of course the output is more restricted.
                     40: .PP
                     41: To use a
                     42: .UC GSI
                     43: or
                     44: .UC DASI
                     45: terminal as the output device,
                     46: .P1
                     47: neqn files | nroff -T\fIx\fP
                     48: .P2
                     49: where
                     50: .ul
                     51: x
                     52: is the terminal type you are using,
                     53: such as
                     54: .ul
                     55: 300
                     56: or
                     57: .ul
                     58: 300S.
                     59: .PP
                     60: .UC EQN
                     61: and
                     62: .UC NEQN
                     63: can be used with the 
                     64: .UC TBL
                     65: program[2]
                     66: for setting tables that contain mathematics.
                     67: Use
                     68: .UC TBL
                     69: before
                     70: .UC [N]EQN ,
                     71: like this:
                     72: .P1
                     73: tbl  files  |  eqn  |  troff
                     74: tbl  files  |  neqn  |  nroff
                     75: .P2
                     76: .SC "Acknowledgments"
                     77: .PP
                     78: We are deeply indebted to J. F. Ossanna,
                     79: the author of
                     80: .UC TROFF ,
                     81: for his willingness to extend
                     82: .UC TROFF
                     83: to make our task easier,
                     84: and for his
                     85: continuous assistance during the development
                     86: and evolution
                     87: of
                     88: .UC EQN .
                     89: We are also grateful to A. V. Aho
                     90: for advice on language design,
                     91: to S. C. Johnson for assistance with
                     92: the
                     93: .UC YACC
                     94: compiler-compiler,
                     95: and to all the
                     96: .UC EQN
                     97: users
                     98: who have made helpful suggestions and criticisms.
                     99: .SH
                    100: References
                    101: .LP
                    102: .IP [1]
                    103: J. F. Ossanna,
                    104: .UC NROFF/TROFF \& ``
                    105: User's Manual'',
                    106: Bell Laboratories Computing Science Technical Report
                    107: #54, 1976.
                    108: .IP [2]
                    109: M. E. Lesk,
                    110: ``Typing Documents on
                    111: .UC UNIX '',
                    112: Bell Laboratories, 1976.
                    113: .IP [3]
                    114: M. E. Lesk,
                    115: .UC TBL \& ``
                    116: \(em A Program for Setting Tables'',
                    117: Bell Laboratories Computing Science Technical Report #49,
                    118: 1976.

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