From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 00:04:45 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: nice formatting for notation
X-Git-Tag: f0.2~206
X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ian/git?p=topbloke-formulae.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=93658ccf74d659dfcc2f00c6c29928804aa68600

nice formatting for notation
---

diff --git a/article.tex b/article.tex
index cf68f31..ac351fb 100644
--- a/article.tex
+++ b/article.tex
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 \usepackage{slashed}
 \usepackage{txfonts}
 \usepackage{amsfonts}
+\usepackage{mdwlist}
 %\usepackage{accents}
 
 \renewcommand{\ge}{\geqslant}
@@ -44,14 +45,21 @@
 
 \section{Notation}
 
-$ C \hasparents \set X $ The parents of commit $C$ are exactly the set
+\begin{basedescript}{
+\desclabelwidth{5em}
+\desclabelstyle{\nextlinelabel}
+}
+\item[ $ C \hasparents \set X $ ]
+The parents of commit $C$ are exactly the set
 $\set X$.
 
-$ C \ge D $ $C$ is a descendant of $D$ in the git commit
+\item[ $ C \ge D $ ]
+$C$ is a descendant of $D$ in the git commit
 graph.  This is a partial order, namely the transitive closure of 
 $ D \in \set X $ where $ C \hasparents \set X $.
 
-$ C \has D $ Informally, the tree at commit $C$ contains the change
+\item[ $ C \has D $ ]
+Informally, the tree at commit $C$ contains the change
 made in commit $D$.  Does not take account of deliberate reversions by
 the user or in non-Topbloke-controlled branches; these are considered
 normal, forward, commits.  For merges and Topbloke-generated
@@ -59,6 +67,8 @@ anticommits, the ``change made'' is only to be thought of as any
 conflict resolution.  This is not a partial order because it is not
 transitive.
 
+\end{basedescript}
+
 \section{Invariants}
 
 No replay: \[ C \has D \implies C \ge D \]