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Can I detect whether my macro is being used inside a subscript or superscript?
I defined this macro:
\newcommand{\foldeq}[1]{\sim_{#1}}
Later on, I noticed that when it's used inside a subscript, it looks a little bit hard to tell whether it's $\sim f$ or $\sim_f$. ($\sim f$ ...
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relative hspace in newcommand
I'm trying to create a symbol of a gray triangle with a black border. I managed to do so using:
\newcommand{\factor}{{\color{gray} \blacktriangledown}\hspace{-1.6ex}\triangledown}
However, the two ...
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Can super/sub-scripts bind more tightly than macro expansion?
By "bind more tightly" I refer to the order in which operations are carried out by default.
Experimenting shows that if \ab is ab and \cd is cd then \ab^\cd is ab^cd. I would like it to be ...