Andre Poenitz wrote:
>
> > Does \mbox{$...$} come in the list ?
>
> No. Should it?
>
> The list is for things that mathed needs to read "unexpectedly".
> The \mbox{$...$} should appear in an \newcommand definition, so we are
> prepared somehow (although I am not sure whether it would work right now)
>
> But that reminds me that "native" \mbox support would be nice, wouldn't it?
as Guenter said, \mbox{} is not latex2e and only needed
if you want to use the command in mathmode. in textmode
all three definitions work
\newcommand{\myalpha}{\mbox{$\alpha$}}
\newcommand{\mybeta}{\ensuremath{\beta}}
\newcommand{\mygamma}{$\gamma$}
JMarc pointed the best way ...
Herbert
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