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Federico M Echenique Menoni

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Aug 14, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/14/99
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Hi: do any of you know how to superimpose two symbols in math mode
(for example - and | would give +) ?

Thanks !

Federico

Arthur Chiu

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Aug 15, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/15/99
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Try \mkern.


Federico M Echenique Menoni

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Aug 17, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/17/99
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Hi: do you guys know how to superimpose two symbols in math mode
(for example - and | would give +) ?

Someone suggested \mkern but I do not know how this is used.

Thanks !

Federico

David Haller

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Aug 18, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/18/99
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Hello!

|\mkern-.5ex -

or something alike... changing the -.5ex, {..}-ing the | and/or - ...

CU
David

Donald Arseneau

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Aug 18, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/18/99
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In article <37B9F2C6...@econ.Berkeley.EDU>, Federico M Echenique Menoni <fe...@econ.Berkeley.EDU> writes...

>Hi: do you guys know how to superimpose two symbols in math mode

% Generic math-overlay macro: \moverlay{\backslash \cr /\cr \hbox{---}}
%
\def\moverlay{\mathpalette\mov@rlay}
\def\mov@rlay#1#2{\leavevmode\vtop{%
\baselineskip\z@skip \lineskiplimit-\maxdimen
\ialign{\hfil$#1##$\hfil\cr#2\crcr}}}

\def\saturn{{\moverlay{\circ\cr-}}}

Donald Arseneau as...@triumf.ca

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