Re: There is a severe problem with EQN and square roots
"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]>
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At 2026-03-02T10:21:50+0100, onf wrote: > the problem with square roots in groff's eqn is that groff only knows > a single type of square root (the small one). Therefore if an equation > requires a higher square root, the only thing groff can do is set the > small one in a larger size, and you get an overly thick, overly wide > symbol as a result. It's so old that Kernighan and Cherry noted it in the eqn users' guide. https://github.com/g-branden-robinson/retypesetting-mathematics/releases/download/v1/eqnuser.pdf See §10. Regards, Branden
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