New CTAN package: macros/latex/contrib/maybemath
Robin Fairbairns
Robin.Fairbairns at cl.cam.ac.uk
Mon Nov 29 17:47:51 CET 2004
Andy Buckley writes (via the cam.ctan.org upload daemon):
> Macros for making math bold or italic according to context
>
> The \maybebm and \maybeit macros can be used in math
> expressions to make the arguments typeset as bold or italic
> respectively if the surrounding context is appropriate. They
> are useful for writing user macros for use in general contexts.
>
> \maybebm is especially appropriate when section titles contain
> math expressions, since the title will appear bold but the
> header and table of contents usually replicate the title in
> normal width.
>
> \maybeit performs a similar role to \mathrm{} but the math
> expression will be italicised if the surrounding text is.
> \maybeitsubscript is provided to shift subscripts to the left
> if the expression is italicised.
i've installed the package as requested, in
macros/latex/contrib/maybemath. thanks for the upload.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
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