On Tue, 19 May 2026, Jim Diamond wrote: > > That's a nice introduction. > > Thanks. I was trying to find something between "not enough" and "too > much". A Goldilocks problem, I suppose.
I think that you did an excellent job in selecting a good subset. > > I did a quick read and noticed (after Eq 14.1): > > >> The use of \startplacefigure is useful if your equation occupies many > >> lines, and you want it to float to another page if it doesn’t fit on the > >> current page. If you are > > > There a typo (\startplacefigure instead of \startplaceformula), > > (Argh!) Thank for pointing that out. > > > but the formula never "floats". > > That is disturbing news. Between "\startplace" and the \startplaceformula > wiki entry (which says it floats) I thought it did, without testing it. ... that is wrong! The old interface was \placeformula[ref] \startformula ... \stopformula When everything moved to a start..stop format, \startplaceformula ... \stopplaceformula was added. But it can do a bit more. Here are some examples from strc-mat.mkxl: % \startplaceformula \startformula e=mc^2 \stopformula \stopplaceformula % \startplaceformula[-] \startformula e=mc^2 \stopformula \stopplaceformula % \startplaceformula[x] \startformula e=mc^2 \stopformula \stopplaceformula % \startplaceformula[reference=foo] \startformula e=mc^2 \stopformula \stopplaceformula % \startplaceformula[title=whatever] \startformula e=mc^2 \stopformula \stopplaceformula % \startplaceformula[suffix=x] \startformula e=mc^2 \stopformula \stopplaceformula Personally, I find the two \startplaceformula \startformula to be a bit redundant ... both could be wrapped behind a single macro (with number=yes|no to decide whether to place the number), but that will be a BIG change. Aditya
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