Ingo suggested a way to write two equations aligned
on equals signs, to look rather like this
shortid = expression1
longidentifier = expression2
Here's the code
.EQ
set column_sep 35
matrix {
rcol { xhortid above longidentifier }
ccol { = above = }
lcol { expression1 above expression2 }
}
.EN
Yes, I've used this trick many times. It's impenetrable to
read and excruciating to edit.
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In fact the matrix trick is so painful that with tongue
hardly in cheek I'd claim that for the present example
raw troff would be simpler:
\h'\w'longidentifier'u-\w'shortid'u'\c
shortid = expression1
.br
longidentifier = expression2
