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On Mon, 2 Jan 2006, Bob van der Poel wrote:
> Les Richardson wrote:
>
> > > Hi. I am using the url package and have some lines like:
> > >
> > > \path{~/foo}
> > >
> > > Without looking at the source for url I am assuming that \path is a
> > > special form of verbatim ..
>
> Thanks for the pointer, Les. After smacking the side of head a few times
> the light is slowly coming on :)
>
> Yes, a tilde is a non-breaking space. So, with
>
> \newcommand{\path}[1]{\texttt{#1}}
>
> I can do something like \path{\~{}/foo} and it works just fine. But, if
> I use the \pa
Thanks for the pointer, Les. After smacking the side of head a few times
the light is slowly coming on :)
Yes, a tilde is a non-breaking space. So, with
\newcommand{\path}[1]{\texttt{#1}}
I can do something like \path{\~{}/foo} and it works just fine. But, if
I use the \path{} from the url.
Hi,
The tilde is a non-breaking space in TeX... can't one just escape it (\~)
and have it function normally?
Les Richardson
Open Admin for Schools
>
> Hi. I am using the url package and have some lines like:
>
> \path{~/foo}
>
> Without looking at the source for url I am assuming that \pat
Hi. I am using the url package and have some lines like:
\path{~/foo}
Without looking at the source for url I am assuming that \path is a
special form of verbatim ... whatever, this works fine for latex.
But, when I use latex2html the ~ disappears. In the manual for
latex2html it do
