[OS X TeX] two-page split equation

[Alain Schremmer]

Josep M. Font wrote:

> I think one should not regard Companion as an *introductory* text on 
> LaTeX. I have found the same situation often: concerning a certain 
> topic, it starts at an intermediate level, not from scratch;

True, but, at the same, time, it does sometimes indulge in introductory 
matters which is misleading. But then of course, this is standard 
operation procedure in most mathematics books: in the first three pages, 
they explain at length, say, that a relation is a set of ordered pairs, 
etc and on the fourth page blissfully embark of, say, the cohomology of 
… So, /I/ should not have been "took".

> the most basic commands are not explained. Reading Lamport's orginal 
> manual should do no harm, though. I love it. 

I will certainly take your advice as I have been wondering if there is 
an underlying system to LaTeX or if all these beautiful packages are 
essentially ad hoc.

Regards
--schremmer
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