Re: Paper Sizes

[Gavin Smith]

On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 09:04:13PM +0100, Christopher Dimech wrote:
> Dear Gavin,
> 
> Have tried it and approve of the results.  Currently my manual uses
> @math{}, @tex (with both inline $ and display $$ modes).
> 
> That's how I generate my pdf file.  Can we safely say that I may use
> @math{} and @displaymath in my manual so I can generate any kind of
> mathematical expression, for both dvi and pdf formats, and html?

Yes, it works with dvi and pdf too.

> Thusly I would think that @tex becomes irrelevant, because one
> would want mathematical expressions in both printed manuals
> and html using the same construct.

For math formatting, yes.

> If you ask me I rather have @tex (for plain tex only) and @latex
> (for latex commands) and texi2any can take care on whatever output
> the user wants.

That's not so easy.