[net.text] LaTeX query

trh@ukc.ac.uk (T.R.Hopkins) (08/09/86)

We have just installed the latest version of LaTeX (2.09).
The replacement, eqnarray, for \eqalign from Plain
TeX leaves far too much room on either side of the = for my
liking.

Naively I typed in the definition from page 362 of the TeX
Book replacing the \def by \newcommand and the \m@th by \mathsurround=0pt
(page 353 of the TeX Book). I get the following message apparently
when exiting from the display equation, I ceratinly haven't used accent.

! Please use \mathaccent for accents in math mode.
\.#1->{\accent 
               95 #1}
l.17 \]

Please can anyone advise me what I'm doing wrong and how I can fix it.

Thanks in advance
Tim Hopkins,
Computing Laboratory,
University of Kent,
Canterbury CT2 7NF
Kent
U.K.

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trh@ukc.ac.uk (T.R.Hopkins) (10/29/86)

Please will somebody help a confused LaTeX user? 

If I use the following

\tt
\begin{tabbing}
123456\=7 \=123456789012\=           \kill
\>\>CALL E02ADF(M,KPLUS1,NROWS,X,Y,W,WORK1,WORK2 \\
\>+\>\>,A,S,IFAIL)
\end{tabbing}
\rm
This is not the start of a new paragraph! Lots of text to see whether or

The effect is what I want i.e., the text following the tabbing is left
justified (does NOT start a new paragraph).

If I define a newenvironment

\newenvironment{egcall}{ \tt \begin{tabbing} 123456\=7 \=123456789012\=           \kill}{ \end{tabbing} \rm}

and use

\begin{egcall}
\>\>CALL E02ADF(M,KPLUS1,NROWS,X,Y,W,WORK1,WORK2 \\
\>+\>\>,A,S,IFAIL)
\end{egcall}

then the line follwing the \end{egcall} starts a new paragraph. I've tried
putting \protect's in all conceivable positions without success. Where is
the new paragraph coming from and how do I stop it?


Tim Hopkins,
Computing Laboratory,
University of Kent,
Canterbury CT2 7NF
Kent
U.K.

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