[vox-tech] latex: setting rigid margin on equations

[Jonathan Stickel]

Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> hi all,
> 
>                     in normal displaymath, latex
> 
>                               centers
> 
>                           its equations.
> 
>                               however,
> 
> 
>     i think it's a cleaner look when all my equations are flush
>     against some right margin, perhaps at a margin of about 4
>     or 5 em's.
> 
> is there a way to do this?  i need for my solution to be non-invasive.
> if my dissertation committee doesn't like my flush look, i need to be
> able to switch back to the centered style.
> 

Pete

I was curious about this problem and used it to learn how to program 
latex environments.  How is this for a start?

\renewenvironment{equation}
{\addtocounter{equation}{1} \begin{flushright}%
     \begin{tabular}{rrp{2em}} $\displaystyle}
{$ & \hspace{0.1\textwidth} & (\theequation)%
              \end{tabular} \end{flushright}}

\renewenvironment{displaymath}
{\begin{flushright} \begin{tabular}{rrp{2em}} $\displaystyle}
{$ & \hspace{0.1\textwidth} & \end{tabular} \end{flushright}}

It seems to work, except for one small problem.  I can't get the 
equation number to flush right in a column of specified width.  I'd love 
to figure this out, but I gotta get back to working on my own paper...

Jonathan