On Tuesday 08 January 2002 3:43 pm, Dekel Tsur wrote: > On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 03:36:16PM +0000, Angus Leeming wrote: > > \newcommand{\bmath}[1]{\mbox{ \boldmath $ \! #1 \! $ \unboldmath }} > > Why you use the above definition and not > \newcommand{\bmath}[1]{\mbox{\boldmath$#1$\unboldmath}} > ?
The mbox appears to have finite width I think. Long time since this hack was developed! > But a better option is to use \boldsymbol from amsmath.sty, > or even better, \bm from bm.sty Many thanks, Dekel. I'll try this. Angus