On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Peter Suetterlin wrote:
> a strange Problem, maybe I did something wrong. I wanted to typeset the
> second time derivative of a vector. So I went to math mode and typed:
> \ddot{
> (second brace is inserted automatically, the two dots apear)
> \vec{
> (again, 2nd brace inserted automatically)
> A
Don't type the braces, just type:
\ddot \vec A
including spaces.
> At least, where are the closing braces, and why does it work inline, but
> not in display style?
It should not work either. And yes, it's a bug since mathed supposedly
should not let you introduce unbalanced braces. Anyway you should insert
this kind of expression without using braces.
Alejandro