On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 09:50:44PM +0200, Martijn Brouwer wrote: > Is there an alternative to mathmode to insert chemical formulas like > $C_6H_{12}O_6$. In Herberts help pages I found a few tips about chemical > drawings, but not about this issue.
I am aware of none. Actually, after I had used mathmode for a bit, I got used to it and like the way it outputs certain symbols commonly used in classes (eg. atomic symbols with mass and atomic numbers, or something like the diatomic mercurous ion). It is even nicer using mathrm (something I didn't know about for years :( ) since text is then already non-emphasized. Equations are pretty good, too. And probably faster if you learn how to enter various arrow types from the keyboard (instead of the math panel). The longer keynames can be defined with shorter names in the preamble if desired (eg. \leftrightharpoons becomes \eq [_eq_uilibria in my book]). The one thing I do in equations is to add spaces between formulae and other symbols (arrows, plusses, etc.). Purely personal preference. Deliberate alignment of sequential equations (eg. thermochemical ones I use in various Hess' Law problems) can be done either in tables or using the ctrl-enter thingy while in math-mode. (Ah, yes... equation-array. Pardon my concise description.) Kenward -- In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be _teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have. - Lee Iacocca