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

[Spencer Wheaton]

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
PhD Student
Physics Dept.
University of Cape Town

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