[comp.text.tex] limits of integration

eijkhout@s41.csrd.uiuc.edu (Victor Eijkhout) (01/25/91)

palmerp@galois.math.orst.edu (Paul A. Palmer) writes:

>I think this may have been discussed here recently, but I can't find the
>article in the things I've saved.

Maybe you should look in the TeX book? I know that it's not
particularly readable, but it still contains more information
that the combined net messages. In particular look at page 144.

>I would like to be able to change the way TeX places the limits of integration
>on an integral sign from:

>		-
>		| \ b
>		|
>		|
>	       \- a

this is the \nolimits, which is default for the \int control sequence.

>to:
>		b
>		-
>		| \ 
>		|
>		|
>	       \- 
>		a

and this is \limits. Write \int\limits_a^b

Victor.