On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 07:19:17AM +0100, David Norris wrote: > Using the space instead of the brackets seems to work in general, but it > is not entirely clear why \bm and \boldsymbol work with the brackets.
I think \bm and \boldsymbol are not "natively" supported so you have to make LaTeX happy yourself (i.e. add braces if there is more than one thing). On the other hand, the \text* and \math* font changes are supported and add braces if necessary automatically. Andre' PS: Please quote only the relevant parts of the message you are responding to. People who need the full message can go to the archives. And please write _below_ the parts you are quoting as it is easier to read top-down (context, then your remark) than vice versa. -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson)