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Re: @macro to accept hyphen


From: Patrice Dumas
Subject: Re: @macro to accept hyphen
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2020 22:22:09 +0100

On Mon, Nov 09, 2020 at 08:07:02PM +0000, Gavin Smith wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 10:56:46AM +0100, Christopher Dimech wrote:
> > Have not seen a mathematical expression in the manual. Thusly I have 
> > provided
> > you with one.  Works perfectly, no problem with it. 
> > 
> > You have this sentence in the macro. 
> > 
> > To get a single ‘\’ in the macro expansion, use ‘\\’
> > 
> > Although the information is there, it is very cryptic.  If we include an 
> > indented
> > example with a real math expression, users will be immediately drawn to it. 
> >   
> 
> I don't know if your use of math inside macros is likely to be
> prevalent enough to warrant special mention.

I think that a special mention would stil be good even if it is likely
that math in a macro is not prevalent, as it is probably the main case
with \ appearing naturally in text.

-- 
Pat



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