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\setbox containing maths interferes with surrounding math mode in XeTeX
I encountered what might be a bug in XeTeX (but I would be glad to be proven wrong) while chasing a strange interaction between bytefield, unicode-math, and mathtools.
In general, I do not expect a ...
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Difference between \mskip and \mkern
What are the differences between \mskip and \mkern? The TeXbook writes the following (ch. 18):
You can insert math glue into any formula just by giving the command
‘\mskip⟨muglue⟩’. [...] ...
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Determining the math class of a non-keyboard symbol
What is the "right" way of determining the math class (e.g. ordinary/0, relation/3, closing/5, etc.) of a non-keyboard symbol?
Something like \oplus is easy enough to guess, but I wasn't immediately ...
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Why doesn't \mathord work to turn an Acc atom into Ord?
Writing ${\dot X^a}^b$ produces a very cryptic "double superscript" error: this has been explained here on this forum: the reason is that {\dot X}^a generates an Acc atom and that, for a reason that ...
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How to break long expressions automatically in displaymode? [duplicate]
Whenever an expression is too long, it will be broken automatically in inline mode but done nothing in displaymode
E.g.
MWE:
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\begin{document}
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$*$ versus \(*\), which is better? [duplicate]
In LaTeX, $*$ and \(*\) both introduce inline math mode; but are they identical?
By this question \[*\] is better than $$*$$, so do $*$ and \(*\) in the same story?
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How does math mode work?
When writing an a in TeX, it is typeset as an upright "a" by default. When writing an a in math mode it is typeset in italics. Furthermore, in math mode white spaces are ignored and no empty lines ...
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1answer
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Math font change for subscript only
Goal: I want a macro that changes the math font of only subscript and superscript. In TeX terms, I think this means I want to change only S, S' styles, which are typeset using scriptfont.
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Why some macros like \circ must be used in math mode? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why are so many symbols restricted to math mode?
I think \circ is a frequently used symbol. For example, it can be used as item bullets. But it's undefined outside $ ... ...
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Can one determine the first character of a given math list?
I'm still pursuing my quest to code a better \widebar command. I can do bars over single characters quite well already, but I have problems when it comes to letter combinations such as AW. ...
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What exactly is a “single character” or “symbol” in math mode?
There are at least three instances where single symbols in math mode receive a special treatment by the TeX engine: 1. when accents are placed, 2. when a math operator is created with ...
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How to find out if a math list consists of a single character?
When accents are placed, the TeX engine gives single characters a special treatment; see the TeXbook, Rule 12 on page 443. See also this question and its accepted answer for details. Thus, ...
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Preventing atoms from changing kind
In the example below, the presence of \mycommand changes the first minus sign into a binary operation atom, so that the spacing between - and 1 is increased.
\documentclass{article}
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Hooks into mathmode
Short version
Is there a way to pipe every symbol in a math environment unevaluated to an external program w/o manipulating the (La)TeX file directly (except for adding header files) or patching TeX ...
7
votes
1answer
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Why is there no \mudimendef primitive?
The TeXbook defines in chapter 24 (page 270 in my edition) the notion of <dimen>, <skip>, <mudimen> and <muskip>, the first two being used in horizontal and vertical mode, ...
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Making mathmode obey spaces
I know this is kind of blasphemic thing to ask, but is there a way to make mathmode obey spaces? Preferably in Plain with XeTeX.
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2answers
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Problem with \mathpalette and \mathchoice
When working on an additional answer to this question of mine, I stumbled across the following problem with \mathpalette. For simplicity I give an example where in practice it is ridiculous to use ...
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How does one change the math style to one of the “primed” styles?
Background
TeX typesets each portion of a mathematical expression in one of 8 styles:
display,
display',
text,
text',
script,
script',
scriptscript, or
scriptscript'.
Knuth calls them, D, D', T, ...
