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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dolldoll.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dolldoll.html index 3c4ccb76671..f3a5438fc1a 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dolldoll.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dolldoll.html @@ -1,11 +1,10 @@ <head> <title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label dolldoll</title> </head><body> -<h3>Why use <code>\</code><code>[</code> ...<code>\</code><code>]</code> in place of <code>$$</code> ...<code>$$</code>?</h3> +<h3>Why use <code>\</code><code>[</code> …<code>\</code><code>]</code> in place of <code>$$</code> …<code>$$</code>?</h3> <p/>LaTeX defines inline- and display-maths commands, apparently -analogous to those that derive from the TeX primitive maths -sequences bracketing maths commands with single dollar signs (or pairs -of dollar signs). +s those that derive from the TeX primitive maths +sequences bracketing maths commands with single (or pairs of) dollar signs. <p/>As it turns out, LaTeX’s inline maths grouping, <code>\</code><code>(</code><code> ... </code><code>\</code><code>)</code>, has precisely the same effect as the TeX primitive version <code>$ ... $</code>. (Except that @@ -21,13 +20,13 @@ obvious way this turns up, is that the class option <code>fleqn</code> simply does not work for equations coded using <code>$$ ... $$</code>, whether you’re using the standard classes alone, or using package <i>amsmath</i>. Also, the <code>\</code><code>[</code> and -<code>\</code><code>]</code> has code for rationalising vertical spacing in some extreme +<code>\</code><code>]</code> construct has code for rationalising vertical spacing in some extreme cases; that code is not available in <code>$$ ... $$</code>, so if you use the non-standard version, you may occasionally observe inconsistent vertical spacing . <p/>There are more subtle effects (especially with package -<i>amsmath</i>), and the simple rule is -<code>\</code><code>[</code><code> ... </code><code>\</code><code>]</code> whenever -unadorned displayed maths is needed in LaTeX. +<i>amsmath</i>), and the simple rule is “use +<code>\</code><code>[</code><code> ... </code><code>\</code><code>]</code> whenever displayed maths is needed in +LaTeX”. <p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=dolldoll">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=dolldoll</a> </body> |