[texhax] Typing the therefore symbol.

[Philip G. Ratcliffe]

> On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 12:46:36PM -0400, William Adams wrote:
>
> > > I am responding to your thread on typing the there for symbol. The
> > > only way I know how to do this is by creating it in Microsoft Pain
> >
> > I would suggest downloading the comprehensive LaTeX symbol reference
> > where you can find things like  \therefore from the AMS symbol
> > package....
>
> It's much easier just to roll your own.
>
> \def\therefore{%
>    \leavevmode
>    \lower0.2ex\hbox{$\circ$}%
>    \kern-0.2em\raise0.7ex\hbox{$\circ$}%
>    \kern-0.2em\lower0.2ex\hbox{$\circ$}%
>    \thinspace}
>
> Adjust as appropriate!

But Peter, isn't this just the opposite of the basic LaTeX philosophy -
after all, if you're always going to roll your own, why use LaTeX at all?

Cheers,  Phil Ratcliffe