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Date:         Fri, 13 Jan 1995 11:03:08 -0500
Reply-To: NTS-L Distribution list <NTS-L%DHDURZ1.BITNET@vm.gmd.de>
From: Michael Downes <MJD@MATH.AMS.ORG>
Subject:      \eqno, \leqno should not be math mode

A suggestion for e-TeX:

The contents of \eqno, \leqno should be typeset in text mode, not math
mode. In particular, they should not call \everymath. Equation numbers
are inherently textual in nature, like all the other structural
numbering in a document, even though we sometimes embellish them with
bits of math or want to use centered math * instead of raised text *.

Michael Downes
mjd@math.ams.org

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Date:         Fri, 13 Jan 1995 16:25:15 GMT
Reply-To: NTS-L Distribution list <NTS-L%DHDURZ1.BITNET@vm.gmd.de>
From: Philip Taylor <CHAA006@VMS.RHBNC.AC.UK>
Subject:      Re: \eqno, \leqno should not be math mode

>> The contents of \eqno, \leqno should be typeset in text mode, not math
>> mode. In particular, they should not call \everymath. Equation numbers
>> are inherently textual in nature, like all the other structural
>> numbering in a document, even though we sometimes embellish them with
>> bits of math or want to use centered math * instead of raised text *.

Many thanks for your suggestion, Michael: I will ensure that it
is discussed.  ** Phil.