[OS X TeX] {DON'T} Use $$...$$, in LaTeX

[William Adams]

On Sep 8, 2006, at 10:35 AM, André Bellaïche wrote:

> As far as I know (I have just tried \abovedisplayskip = 5cm, to be  
> sure), equations displayed by $$...$$ are sensitive to some changes  
> of LaTeX parameters. Does there exists other features which they  
> would ignore ?

Yes. (BTW, \abovedisplayskip is a Plain TeX setting if memory serves.)

Try this:

\documentclass[fleqn]{article}
\begin{document}
This is an example of an equation using brackets:
\[
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
\]
which honours the left alignment specified in the document preamble.

This is an example of an equation as Plain TeX would set it:
$$
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
$$
which doesn't
\end{document}

William

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William Adams
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Fry Communications



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