Re: \mbox containing blanks in math mode?

[Dekel Tsur]

On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 11:03:09AM +1000, James Brusey wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to format a formula of the form:
> 
>          {  y       if y > 0
>      x = {
>          {  z + y   otherwise
> 
> (see bottom p. 47 of Leslie Lamport's Latex book (2nd ed).)
> 
> Although I can manage to insert an \mbox in math mode, I can't 
> put any (normal) spaces in it.  I have tried other sorts of spaces,
> however the only ones that I managed to get to work where \, and these
> were too large.

Don't use \mbox for the 'if y>0' part.
Instead, press Ctrl+m, type 'if' and then space, press Ctrl+m again,
and type y>0.