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\usepackage[arrayenv=tabular]{fitch}
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\title{\texttt{fitch.sty}: Fitch-style natural deduction macros}

\author{Peter Selinger\\Dalhousie University \and Richard
Zach\\University of Calgary\thanks{The current maintainer of this
package is \href{https://richardzach.org}{Richard Zach}. The package
repository is at \url{https://github.com/OpenLogicProject/fitch/},
where you can also report any
\href{https://github.com/OpenLogicProject/fitch/issues}{issues} with
it.}}

\date{Version 1.1\\ September 12, 2026}

\begin{document}
\maketitle

\section{Overview}

This document describes how to use the {\tt fitch.sty} macros for
typesetting Fitch-style natural deduction derivations. To load the
macros, simply put |\usepackage[arrayenv=tabular]{fitch}| into the
preamble of your {\LaTeX} file. \NewIn{1.1}\textbf{(If your document
already uses the |nd| environment in math mode, you should specify
|arrayenv=array| instead. Using |nd| in math mode is no longer
recommended.)}

Here is a natural deduction derivation, together with the code that
produced it:

\begin{LTXexample}
\begin{fitchproof}
  \hypo {1}  {P\vee Q}
  \hypo {2}  {\neg Q}
  \open
  \hypo {3} {P}
  \have {4} {P}        \r{3}
  \close
  \open
  \hypo {aa} {Q}
  \have {6} {\neg Q}   \r{2}
  \have {7} {\bot}     \ne{aa,6}
  \have {8} {P}        \be{7}
  \close
  \have {9} {P}        \oe{1,3-4,aa-8}
\end{fitchproof}
\end{LTXexample}

A derivation consists of \emph{lines}, and each line contains a {\em
line label} and a \emph{formula}. Some lines also carry a {\em
justification}. Moreover, each line is either a \emph{hypothesis} or a
\emph{derived formula}. Usually, derived formulas carry a
justification, whereas hypotheses do not; however, the macros do not
enforce this.

Proofs set using |fitch.sty| will have lines numbered automatically in
the output. It is possible to override the automatic numbering (see
Section~\ref{subsec-customline}). You can refer to line numbers in the
text using |\ndref| (see Section~\ref{subsec-ndref}). Various
dimensions, formatting of justifications and line references, and the
shorthand macros used to produce rule names can be customized (see
Section~\ref{sec-customization}).

\NewIn{1.1} The package now has basic support for PDF tagging.
However, PDF tagging is incompatible with the |array| environment
still used by default to typeset derivations. For compatibility with
PDF tagging, use the |tabular| environment instead, by loading the
package with the option |arrayenv=tabular|. This will result in errors
if you use the |nd| environment in math mode, so use the |fitchproof|
environment instead (or delete the |$|\dots|$| around your |nd|
environments). See Section~\ref{sec-usage} and \ref{sec-tagging} for
details.

\NewIn{1.0} Several new commands and customization options have been
introduced in v1.0. It is mostly backwards compatible with earlier
versions, but see section~\ref{compat}. In particular, if you
redefined any internal |fitch| commands, you will have to change |nd*|
to |nd@|.

\section{Usage}\label{sec-usage}

\DescribeEnv{fitchproof}\DescribeEnv{nd} The environment |fitchproof|
typesets a derivation as its own paragraph. It only works if you
generate proofs using the |tabular| environment, e.g., by loading
|fitch| with the |arrayenv=tabular| option. By default, proofs are set
inside a |flushleft| environment (with |\topsep| spacing). The
environment used can be changed using the |proofenv| option (see
Section~\ref{sec-customization}).

The |nd| environment is similar, but does not surround the derivation
in an environment that places it on the page. The derivation itself is
a table that |fitch| generates using an |array|, |tabular|, or similar
\LaTeX{} environment. For backwards compatibility, |fitch| uses the
|array| environment to do this by default (i.e., if loaded without an
|arrayenv| option). In that case the |nd| environment must must be
used in math mode, i.e., it must be surrounded by |$|\dots|$| or
|\[|\dots|\]|, unless a different environment is specified using the
|arrayenv| option.

\NewIn{1.1} In order to produce accessible PDFs (see
section~\ref{sec-tagging}), it is \textbf{no longer recommended} to
use the |nd| environment in math mode with the default
|arrayenv=array|. Instead, use the |fitchproof| environment (or
|fitchproof*|) in text mode, and load the package with the option
|arrayenv=tabular|. This will become the default in a future release,
and at that point |nd| in math mode will result in compilation errors.
The |nd| environment can still be useful, however, e.g., if you want
to place derivations inside a table or have more direct control over
its placement.

\DescribeMacro{\hypo}\DescribeMacro{\have}
The commands |\hypo| and |\have| are used
to typeset one line of the derivation; |\hypo| is used for
hypotheses, and |\have| for derived formulas. Both commands take
a label and a formula as an argument. Note that the labels used to
identify lines in the derivation need not be actual line numbers; for
instance, in the above example, we used the label |aa| instead of $5$.
In the output, lines are automatically numbered consecutively. Labels
may not contain any punctuation characters or spaces.

\DescribeMacro{\open}\DescribeMacro{\close}
Subderivations are opened and closed with the commands |\open| and
|\close|.

Finally, the following commands are provided for
annotating lines with justifications:
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}[t]{@{}ll@{}}
  |\r|  & reiteration \\
  |\ii| & implication introduction \\
  |\ie| & implication elimination \\
  |\ai| & and introduction \\
  |\ae| & and elimination \\
  |\oi| & or introduction \\
  |\oe| & or elimination 
\end{tabular} 
\qquad
\begin{tabular}[t]{ll}
  |\ni| & not introduction \\
  |\ne| & not elimination \\
  |\be| & bottom elimination \\
  |\nne| & double negation elimination \\
  |\Ai| & forall introduction \\
  |\Ae| & forall elimination \\
  |\Ei| & exists introduction \\
  |\Ee| & exists elimination \\
\end{tabular} 
\end{center}
\NewIn{1.0} These commands and what they produce can be customized,
see Section~\ref{sec-customization}.

Each such command takes a \emph{reference list} as an argument. A
reference list is a string made from labels, commas, and hyphens, for
instance |1,3a-3b,4a-4d|.

\section{Details}

\subsection{Guards}

Some natural deduction derivations with quantifiers use \emph{guards}, as in
the following example:

\begin{LTXexample}
\begin{fitchproof}
  \hypo {1} {\exists x\forall y.P(x,y)}
  \open[v]
  \open[u]
  \hypo {2} {\forall y.P(u,y)}
  \have {3} {P(u,v)}           \Ae{2}
  \have {4} {\exists x.P(x,v)} \Ei{3}
  \close
  \have {5} {\exists x.P(x,v)} \Ee{1,2-5}
  \close
  \have {aa} {\forall y\exists x.P(x,y)}  \Ai{2-5}
\end{fitchproof}
\end{LTXexample}

The guards $v$ and $u$ in line 2 were typeset by giving optional
arguments to the |\open| commands of the respective
subderivations. 

\DescribeMacro{\guard}
For most purposes, the above way of specifying guards is sufficient.
However, there is another method, which allows a more flexible
placement of guards: before any line, you can give the command
|\guard{u}| to add a guard $u$ to the top-level subderivation at
that line, or |\guard[n]{u}| to add a guard to the $n$th
enclosing subderivation at that line. Thus, the above example could
have also been typeset by inserting the two commands |\guard{u}| and
|\guard[2]{v}| just after the second |\open| statement.

% For backward compatibility, there is a third way of specifying guards
% by giving an optional second argument to the |\hypo| and
% |\have| commands. The use of this feature is discouraged.

\subsection{Label and reference list details}\label{subsec-ndref}

Labels for lines given to the |\have| and |\hypo| commands need not be
numeric (or consecutive if they are), but the package will
\emph{output} them as consecutive numbers (see
Section~\ref{subsec-customline} for how to adjust the numbering).
Labels, however, may not contain commas, periods, semicolons, hyphens,
parentheses, or spaces. In a reference list, spaces are ignored (even
within a label!), whereas commas, periods, semicolons, parentheses,
and hyphens are copied to the output. All other characters are
interpreted as part of a label. Attempting to reference a label which
has not been previously defined by any |\hypo| or |\have| command
produces a \NewIn{0.6} warning message of the form:
\begin{verbatim}
  ! Package fitch Warning: Undefined line reference: lab17.
\end{verbatim}
(In earlier versions, this resulted in an error, not a warning.)

\DescribeMacro{\ndref} Labels defined in a |fitchproof| or |nd|
environment can be referenced in the text with the |\ndref| command.
This command takes a reference list as an argument, and produces the
corresponding output. However, it is only possible to reference labels
\emph{after} the corresponding derivation has been typeset. There is
currently no convenient way of defining forward references. Also, if a
label is used more than once, |\ndref| will always refer to the most
recent time it was used. So, e.g., |\ndref{aa}| refers to \ndref{aa}
(in the preceding derivation) and not to line~5 in the derivation on
p.~1. |\ndref| produces the label only, no hyperlink.

\subsection{Generic justifications}

\DescribeMacro{\by}
Non-standard justifications can be created with the |\by|
command. This command takes two arguments: a name and a reference
list. For instance, the command |\by{De Morgan}{lab3,lab4}| might
produce the output ``\mbox{De Morgan, 3, 4}''. Note that the justification
is typeset in text mode.

In the default justification format, a comma is automatically inserted
between the name and the reference list, unless the reference list is
empty. The formatting of justifications can be changed, see
Section~\ref{sec-customization}. If the second argument (the reference
list) is empty, only the first argument (without formatting or
punctuation) is printed. \NewIn{1.0} If the first argument is empty,
only the reference list is printed.

Since the |\by| command outputs its first argument without additional
formatting when the second argument is empty, you can use |\by{...}{}|
to produce arbitrary text in the justification. You can use the
|\ndref| command here.
\begin{LTXexample}
\begin{fitchproof}
  \hypo {a} {A \Rightarrow B} 
    \by{Premise}{}
  \hypo {b} {A} \by{Premise}{}
  \have {c} {B}
    \by{\ndref{a,b}
      (but \emph{how?})}{}
  \have {d} {A \wedge B} \by{}{b,c}
\end{fitchproof}
\end{LTXexample}

\subsection{Scope}

The commands |\hypo|, |\have|, |\open|, |\close|, |\by|, |\r|, |\ii|, and so
forth are only available inside an |nd| environment. These commands
may have a different meaning elsewhere in the same document. The only
commands provided by the |fitch.sty|  package which are visible
outside an |nd| environment are the command |\ndref| described in
Section~\ref{subsec-ndref}, the commands |\ndrules|, |\ndjustformat|,
|\ndrefformat|, and |\nddim|, and the dimension |\ndindent| described
in Section~\ref{sec-customization}.

\subsection{Breaking it across pages}\label{subsec-break}

\DescribeEnv{fitchproof*}
\DescribeEnv{ndresume}
The |nd| environment is derived from the {\LaTeX} |array|
environment, and thus it does not break across pages automatically. 
However, if a derivation is too long to fit on a single page, it is
possible to split it manually into physically independent, but
logically consecutive subparts. For this purpose, the |ndresume|
environment is provided to continue a previously interrupted
derivation. 
\NewIn{1.0} The environment |fitchproof*| works the same way, except
it typesets the
proof just like the |fitchproof| environment (no need for math mode,
flush left, spacing before and after). However, like |fitchproof|, it
requires the |arrayenv=tabular| option. Here is an example:

\begin{LTXexample}
\begin{fitchproof}
  \hypo {1}  {P\vee Q}
  \hypo {2}  {\neg Q}
  \open
  \hypo {3} {P}
  \have {4} {P}      \r{3}
  \close
  \open
  \hypo {aa} {Q}
  \have {6} {\neg Q} \r{2}
\end{fitchproof}
Derivations can be interrupted and 
resumed at any point.
\begin{fitchproof*}
  \have {7} {\bot}  \ne{aa,6}
  \have {8} {P}     \be{7}
  \close
  \have {9} {P}     \oe{1,3-4,aa-8}
\end{fitchproof*}
\end{LTXexample}

\NewIn{1.0} You can also have derivations break across pages
automatically. In order to do this, you have to load the
\href{https://ctan.org/pkg/longtable}{|longtable|} package, and load
|fitch| with the |arrayenv=longtable| option. Since the |longtable|
environment works in text (not math) mode, you should then only use
|fitchproof|, or the |nd| environment but \emph{not} in text mode.
Note that the |longtable| package does not work in 2-column mode or
inside a |multicolumn| environment. You can always produce a proof
inside a |multicolumn| environment by passing |arrayenv=tabular| as an
option to the |nd| or |fitchproof| environment.


\subsection{Custom line numbers}\label{subsec-customline}

One often needs to write derivation schemas, rather than derivations.
This often requires the use of symbolic constants such as $n$, $n+1$,
etc, instead of actual line numbers. The |\have| and |\hypo|
commands have an optional first argument which is a symbolic constant.
For instance, |\have[n]| will cause the current line to be
numbered with the symbolic constant $n$. Subsequent lines are
automatically numbered $n+1$ etc. An initial offset can be given as a
second optional argument, as in |\have[n][-1]|, which will cause
the current line to be numbered $n-1$, the following line $n$, etc. In
an explicit offset is given, the symbolic constant can also be absent:
for instance, the command |\have[][7]| resets the current line
number to $7$. The following example illustrates this behavior:

\begin{LTXexample}
\begin{fitchproof}[justsep=1em]
  \hypo          {1} {P\vee Q}
  \open
  \hypo          {2} {P}
  \have [\vdots] {3} {\vdots}
  \have [n][-1]  {4} {A\wedge B}
  \close
  \open
  \hypo          {5} {Q}
  \have [\vdots] {6} {\vdots}
  \have [m]      {7} {A\wedge B}
  \close
  \have          {8} {A\wedge B}
      \oe{1,2-(4),5-7}
  \have [\vdots] {9} {\vdots}
  \have [][100] {10} {A} \ae{8}
\end{fitchproof}
\end{LTXexample}

Note that in the justification for line \ndref{8} (with label~8),
parentheses had to be put around the label $4$ to produce
``(\ndref{4})'' and not just ``\ndref{4}''. There is currently no way
of doing this automatically. 

{\bf Exercise.} How does one typeset an empty line number?

{\bf Solution.} Since |\have[]| has a special meaning as explained
above, we need to use |\have[~]| instead.

\subsection{Continuation lines}\label{subsec-continuation}

Sometimes one has to typeset a very long formula that does not fit on
a single line. As of version 0.5 of the {\tt fitch.sty} macros, it is
possible to break a formula into several lines using |\\| as a
line separator. Continuation lines are automatically indented, as
shown in the following example.

\begin{LTXexample}
\begin{fitchproof}
  \hypo{1}  {A\wedge B}
  \hypo{2}  {A\wedge B\Rightarrow{} \\
             C\wedge D}
  \have{3}  {C\wedge D}  \ie{1,2}
  \have{4}  {A\wedge B\wedge{} \\
             C\wedge D}  \ai{1,3}
\end{fitchproof}
\end{LTXexample}

\DescribeMacro{\hypocont}
\DescribeMacro{\havecont}
Alternatively, the |\havecont| and |\hypocont|  commands can
be used to specify each continuation line separately, as the following
example illustrates.

\begin{LTXexample}
\begin{fitchproof}
  \hypo{1}  {A\wedge B}
  \hypo{2}  {A\wedge B\Rightarrow{}}
  \hypocont {C\wedge D}
  \have{3}  {C\wedge D}         \ie{1,2}
  \have{4}  {A\wedge B\wedge{}} \ai{1,3}
  \havecont {C\wedge D}
\end{fitchproof}
\end{LTXexample}

This latter style gives slightly more flexibility in the placement of
justifications, since each line and continuation line can have its own
justification and its own guard (via the |\guard| command).  It
also allows a derivation to be interrupted between a line and its
continuation, as discussed in Section~\ref{subsec-break}.

\section{Customization}\label{sec-customization}

The relative sizes of the various elements of a natural deduction
proof are preset to reasonable values depending on the size of the
currently selected font. However, it will sometimes be necessary to
customize these dimensions. The customizable dimensions are given in
the following diagram.
\begin{center}
  \includegraphics{fitchdoc-dimen}
\end{center}
In addition, \meta{linethickness} determines the thickness of scope
lines, and \meta{cindent} the extra indentation of continuation lines
(as discussed in Section~\ref{subsec-continuation}). The default
dimensions are:
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{ll@{\qquad}ll}
  \meta{height} & 4.5ex &
  \meta{topheight} & 3.5ex\\
  \meta{depth} & 1.5ex &
  \meta{labelsep} & 1em\\
  \meta{indent} & 1.6em &
  \meta{hsep} & .5em\\
  \meta{justsep} & 2.5em &
  \meta{linethickness} & .2mm\\
  \meta{cindent} & 1em
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

\NewIn{1.0} To change these default dimensions, pass a list of
key-value pairs as package options, as optional arguments to the
|nd| or |fitchproof| environment, or use the |\setkeys|
command:
\begin{verbatim}
  \usepackage[justsep=1em]{fitch}
  \begin{nd}[rules=myrules]
  \begin{fitchproof}[linethickness=1pt]
  \setkeys{fitch}{hsep=1em,indent=1em}\end{verbatim}

In addition, the macros used to generate the table containing the
proof, to format justifications, format line number references, and to
initialize macros to produce justifications in the proof can be
customized:
\begin{center}
  \begin{tabular}{ll}
  option & default\\\hline
  |rules=|\meta{macroname} & |ndrules|\\
  |justformat=|\meta{macroname} & |ndjustformat|\\
  |refformat=|\meta{macroname} & |ndrefformat|\\
  |arrayenv=|\meta{envname} & |array|\\
  |proofenv=|\meta{envname} & |flushleft|
  \end{tabular}
\end{center}
For compatibility with earlier versions of |fitch.sty|, the default
for \meta{arrayenv} is |array|, i.e., the table containing the proof
is generated using an |array| environment, and must therefore occur
inside math mode. The |fitchproof| and |fitchproof*| environments
assume that you use a text table command instead, such as |tabular|.
Hence, you should \emph{not} use |fitchproof| in math mode, and you
must use the option |arrayenv=tabular| (when loading |fitch|, as an
optional argument to |fitchproof|, or using
|\setkeys{fitch}{arrayenv=tabular}|. Any other table environment that
takes the same table format argument as |array| and |tabular| can be
used here, e.g., the |longtable| environment from the |longtable|
package (which must be loaded separately).

\NewIn{1.1} The option |proofenv| specifies the environment that
surrounds the proof when using the |fitchproof| or |fitchproof*|
environments. The default is |flushleft|, but you can change it to any
other environment that takes no arguments, e.g., |center| or |quote|.
The option has no effect when using the |nd| environment.

The package defines the macros
\DescribeMacro{\ndrules}\cmd{\ndrules}, which defines the rule
macros given at the end of Section~\ref{sec-usage}, using
\begin{verbatim}
  \def\ndrules{%
  \def\ii{\by{$\Rightarrow$I}}%
  \def\ie{\by{$\Rightarrow$E}}%
  \def\Ai{\by{$\forall$I}}%
  \def\Ae{\by{$\forall$E}}%
  \def\Ei{\by{$\exists$I}}%
  \def\Ee{\by{$\exists$E}}%
  \def\ai{\by{$\wedge$I}}%
  \def\ae{\by{$\wedge$E}}%
  \def\ai{\by{$\wedge$I}}%
  \def\ae{\by{$\wedge$E}}%
  \def\oi{\by{$\vee$I}}%
  \def\oe{\by{$\vee$E}}%
  \def\ni{\by{$\neg$I}}%
  \def\ne{\by{$\neg$E}}%
  \def\be{\by{$\bot$E}}%
  \def\nne{\by{$\neg\neg$E}}%
  \def\r{\by{R}}}
\end{verbatim}
\DescribeMacro{\ndjustformat}
The macro \cmd{\ndjustformat} is defined as
\begin{verbatim}
  \newcommand{\ndjustformat}[2]{#1, #2}
\end{verbatim}
The first argument takes the rule name, the second the reference list.
It is used to typeset the justification.

\DescribeMacro{\ndrefformat}
The macro \cmd{\ndrefformat} is defined as
\begin{verbatim}
  \newcommand{\ndrefformat}[1]{#1}
\end{verbatim}
It is used to typeset the line numbers in justifications.

\cmd{\ndrules}, \cmd{\ndjustformat}, and \cmd{\ndrefformat} can
be redefined using \cmd{\renewcommand}, or you can define your own
commands to provide the rule names, the justification format, and line
number format, and pass the names (without initial |\|) as an option
to the \cmd{\usepackage} or individual \cmd{\nd} or \cmd{\fitchproof}
commands.
\begin{LTXexample}
\newcommand{\myjust}[2]
  {#2 by \textsf{#1}}
\newcommand{\myrules}{
  \ndrules % include standard rules
  \def\ds{\by{DS}}}
\renewcommand{\ndrefformat}[1]{(#1)}
\begin{fitchproof}[rules=myrules,
  justformat=myjust,
  indent=1.5cm,
  linethickness=1.5pt,
  justsep=1cm]
  \hypo {1} {A\vee B}
  \hypo {2} {\neg B}
  \open
  \hypo {a} {B}
  \have {3} {A}          \ds{1,2}
  \have {b} {A \wedge B} \ai{a,3}
\end{fitchproof}
\end{LTXexample}

The boolean option |outerline| can be set to false to suppress the
leftmost scope line. This may be useful when printing inference rules,
e.g.,
\begin{LTXexample}
\begin{fitchproof}[outerline=false,
  labelsep=0pt]
  \open
  \hypo [n]{1} {A}
  \have [~]{2} {\raisebox{-1ex}{\vdots}}
  \have [m]{3} {B}
  \close
  \have [~]{b} {A \Rightarrow B} \ii{1-3}
\end{fitchproof}
\end{LTXexample}

\section{Obsolete commands and backwards compatibility}\label{compat}

\DescribeMacro{\nddim}
The dimensions can also be changed with the
|\nddim| command. The syntax of the command is as follows:
\begin{center}
  \cmd{\nddim}\marg{height}\marg{topheight}\marg{depth}\marg{labelsep}
  \marg{indent}\marg{hsep}\marg{justsep}\marg{linethickness},
\end{center}
where each of the eight parameters is a dimension. This still works,
but using the key-value pair options is the preferred method.

\NewIn{1.0}\DescribeMacro{\ndindent} In versions before v1.0, the recommended way
to change the extra indentation used on continuation lines was to
change dimension |\ndindent| directly using |\setlength|. As of v1.0,
you should use the |cindent| option instead.

The original code ``hid'' the internal macros by naming
them |\nd*...|. In v1.0 this has been changed to the standard
|\nd@...|. Any low-level redefinition of |fitch| internals that uses
|*| will break in v1.0.

\section{Accessibility and tagged PDFs}\label{sec-tagging}

PDFs produced by {\LaTeX} are not accessible to screen readers and
other assistive technologies by default. The |fitch| package now has
basic support for \href{https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/}{PDF
tagging}. PDF tagging will only work if derivations are produced using
the |arrayenv=tabular| option, and this will become the default in the
future. To make existing documents compatible with PDF tagging, you
should use the |fitchproof| or |fitchproof*| environments instead of
the |nd| environment, and load the package with the option
|arrayenv=tabular|. If you prefer to have your derivations centered
instead of aligned left, use |proofenv=center|.

Currently, the package only provides basic support for automatic
tagging, i.e., will not prevent PDFs from passing PDF/UA-2 validation.
Formulas in derivations are converted to MathML if the document is set
up for that (i.e., math tagging is on and the document is produced by
Lua\LaTeX; see the
\href{https://ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/latex-lab/latex-lab-math.pdf}{|latex-lab-math|}
documentation.)

\emph{Numerical} line labels in derivations and line number references
are (by default) \emph{not} converted to MathML, while line labels
with symbolic references (e.g., ``$n+1$'') are. (This is intended to
reduce the number of times a screen reader would announce a formula
when it is not necessary.) 

The tables resulting from |fitchproof| and |nd| environments are
tagged as tables without table headers. There is currently no way to
add the scope line information in the PDF tagging structure. So while
the tagged PDF will pass PDF/UA-2 validation, it will not be fully
accessible to screen readers since one can't tell from the PDF
structure alone which lines are hypotheses, how deeply nested a
formula is, or when a subproof ends and another begins. It is planned
to rectify this significant shortcoming in a future release.

A more fully accessible way of providing accessible derivations is to
convert to HTML using
\href{https://vlmantova.github.io/bookml/}{BookML} and use
|fitchml.sty| and |fitchml.css| provided by
\href{https://github.com/rzach/forallx-yyc/}{forall\textit{x}:
Calgary}. It is planned to incorporate these features into |fitch|
directly in a future release. If the PDF tagging support in \LaTeX{}
makes it possible, this might be done in a way that is compatible with
PDF/UA-2 and HTML derived from PDFs produced by \LaTeX.

\section{Other comments}

The goal was to design a flexible package which would not impose any
constraints on the form of derivations, while making typesetting easy.
With this package, it is in fact possible to typeset incomplete,
ill-formed, or invalid derivations. Sometimes it is pedagogically necessary
to do so.

There are no arbitrary limits on the size or nesting depth of a derivation,
except for the obvious requirement of fitting horizontally on the
printed page.

\section{Copyright and license}

This document and the accompanying |fitch.sty| macros are {\copyright}
2002--2026 by Peter Selinger and Richard Zach and distributed under
the terms of the \href{https://www.latex-project.org/lppl/}{LPPL}.

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