Re: [Fhsst-authors] meters per second and other LaTeX macros to be...

[Marc Krawitz]

Apparently \mathrm{m.s^{-1}} is ideal, since it formats the units in roman
font without trying to interpret it as text.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Spencer Wheaton" <address@hidden>
To: "Sam Halliday" <address@hidden>
Cc: "FHSST Authors" <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, 15 June, 2004 09:18
Subject: Re: [Fhsst-authors] meters per second and other LaTeX macros to
be...


> Do units really have to be in normal font? I reckon it looks so much
> better having them in maths font....
>
>
> On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Sam Halliday wrote:
>
> > hi there,
> >
> > i got really annoyed having to type $\mbox{ms}^{-1}$ every time i wanted
to say
> > "meters per second", so i created a LaTeX macro \ms which will do just
this (for
> > math mode). i hope it will save people some time!
> >
> > hopefully we will implement more of these in the future for all the
units. since
> > units have to be in normal font rather than maths font, it can get a bit
> > annoying.
> >
> > if anyone has any more ideas of shortcuts we can use in the LaTeX please
step
> > forward and mention them... and i'll try to implement them!
> >
> > cheers,
> > Sam
> >
>
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> Spencer Wheaton
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> Physics Dept.
> University of Cape Town
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