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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-nodollar.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-nodollar.html index 4c0b9128d29..84a4c2255f7 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-nodollar.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-nodollar.html @@ -1,21 +1,21 @@ <head> <title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label nodollar</title> </head><body> -<h3>“Missing <code>$</code> inserted”</h3> +<h3>“Missing <code>$</code> inserted”</h3> <p/>There are certain things that <em>only</em> work in maths mode. If your document is not in maths mode and you have an <code>_</code> or a <code>^</code> character, TeX (and by inheritance, LaTeX too) will say <pre> ! Missing $ inserted </pre> -as if you couldn’t possibly have misunderstood the import of what you +as if you couldn’t possibly have misunderstood the import of what you were typing, and the only possible interpretation is that you had committed a typo in failing to enter maths mode. TeX, therefore, -tries to patch things up by inserting the <code>$</code> you ‘forgot’, so that +tries to patch things up by inserting the <code>$</code> you ‘forgot’, so that the maths-only object will work; as often as not this will land you in further confusion. -<p/>It’s not just the single-character maths sub- and superscript -operators: anything that’s built in or declared as a maths operation, +<p/>It’s not just the single-character maths sub- and superscript +operators: anything that’s built in or declared as a maths operation, from the simplest lower-case <code>\</code><code>alpha</code> through the inscrutable <code>\</code><code>mathchoice</code> primitive, and beyond, will provoke the error if misused in text mode. @@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ mode for the execution of its argument, if necessary: so if you want an <code>\</code><code>alpha</code> in your running text, say <code>\</code><code>ensuremath{<code>\</code><code>alpha</code>}</code>; if the bit of running text somehow transmutes into a bit of mathematics, the <code>\</code><code>ensuremath</code> will become -a no-op, so it’s pretty much always safe. +a no-op, so it’s pretty much always safe. <p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=nodollar">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=nodollar</a> </body> |