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representing literal characters in a \newcommand or \def
Consider this short LaTeX document:
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[T2A]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[russian]{babel}
\def\name{...}
\begin{document}
Hello: \name
...
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UTF-8 (but not in current font) character in newcommand
I'm trying to define a new single-character LaTeX command (to insert a 1 pt space with \kern1pt) and want to use one of the characters obtained through the AltGr key on a US International keyboard ...
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“Namethatchar” macro
I am searching for a macro/package that would give the name of characters. Here are a few examples of a possible behaviour:
\namethatchar{A} → A
\namethatchar{À} → Agrave
\namethatchar{a} → a
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2
votes
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utf8, newcommand and umlaut
In my document, which is encoded as utf8 throughout (hopefully), umlaute etc. in the document body are put out correctly, but those defined in a \newcommand are not. I have tried some alternatives to ...
5
votes
1answer
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How to write infix macro/newcommand?
Is it possible to write a new command/macro in infix syntax instead of prefix syntax; especially I'd like to have this for $\frac{a}{b}$.
I use LuaLaTeX and with \newunicodechar{‾}{\overline} I can ...
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votes
1answer
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Command names with utf-8/special characters
Is it possible to define
\newcommand{\√}[1]{\sqrt{#1}}
as commands like this one would sometimes be easier to use.
5
votes
1answer
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How do I convert a character to a numeric value?
Now that I've gotten Will Robertson's excellent unicode-math package working to change the colour and style of letters in my mathematics (trust me, there is a reason) thanks to his answer to my ...
