[texhax] Typing the therefore symbol.

[Peter King]

On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 01:43:23AM +0200, Philip G. Ratcliffe 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?

I don't use LaTeX, just plain TeX. Have I wandered into a LaTeX-only list?

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