Hans-Joerg Bibiko bibiko@eva.mpg.de wrote:

To get a dollar sign you have to escape it by \ not by $. $\mu m$

Aaah. And how do I get one space back?

But two questions in general: What do you want to do with it?

Not alwyas typing "$\mu m$". "mü" "tab" is easier.

And why you are not using a command with output 'Insert Text'?

Dont know. What command? cat file or somehing like that?

What about \newcommand{\um}{$\mu m$}?

If it's LaTeX, I'd suggest \newcommand{\um}{% \ensuremath{% \mu \textrm{m}% }% } instead.

Or perhaps even better \newcommand{\micro}[1]{% \ensuremath{\mu \mathrm{#1}}% \xspace% } Of course, you need to add \usepackage{xspace} in your header.

That way, you'll just have to type \micro{some unit} to get the expected result. You can even drop the {} and just add a space if the unit is a single character. If you're really lazy, you can choose a shorter name (such as \u, if available) for the command.

Or use a snippet: \micro{$1}$0

That would make your LaTeX code easier to read, in my opinion. And the command will work inside or outside math environments.

Hi,

here two examples (command/snippet):

On 07.05.2007, at 12:43, rowkajjh wrote:

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To get a dollar sign you have to escape it by \ not by $. $\mu m$

Aaah. And how do I get one space back?

...

But two questions in general: What do you want to do with it?

Not alwyas typing "$\mu m$". "mü" "tab" is easier.

...

And why you are not using a command with output 'Insert Text'?

Dont know. What command? cat file or somehing like that?

Cheers,

Hans