Hi again Ted, > > What eqn does when reducing point sizes for these is, at each stage, > > issue a troff request > > > > .ps (u;\\n[.ps]*7+5/10>?5) > > > > whose effect is that provided the result exceeds 5 [points] use this > > as the point-size; otherwise use 5 points. > > > > So, for instance, if initially in 10-point this sets the point-size > > to 10*7[=70]+5[=75]/10 = 7, for a 1st-order superscript. > > I'm not up on this area so this is more of a question than > correction... Given it's .ps, which is scaled points, why isn't it > 10,000, assuming a DESC with sizescale of 1,000, which would then make > the +5 somewhat puny? > > $ printf '%s\n' '.nr x (u;\n[.ps]*7+5)' '.tm \nx' | > > troff > 70005 > $
I got the wrong end of the stick, sorry for the noise. The +5 is fine, it's only there for the /10. What's puzzling me now is the >?5 since that's not "otherwise use 5 points" but 5 scaled points? Cheers, Ralph.
