Re: [latexrefman-discuss] Discretionary multiplication sign

[Karl Berry]

    simply make a node \discretionary and refer to it...

Sure.  I am not sure if \discretionary is an "official" part of LaTeX,
which would be a relevant thing to mention.  Does anyone here have
Lamport's book?  (My copies have been given away ...)  If so, is it
mentioned there?  -k