wurtz@iscnvx.uucp (J D Wurtz) (06/19/91)
> From: brendan@cs.widener.edu (Brendan Kehoe) > Newsgroups: comp.text.tex > Subject: raising an arrow .. > > I've got a case that's illustrated in this line: > > -- cut -- > \font\twelve=cmr12 > \font\ital=cmti12 > \twelve > The limit > \vtop{\hbox{\ital lim}\hbox{\kern-.2em$\longrightarrow\atop\alpha\,\in\,A$}}% > exists only when $\alpha$ is a figment of your imagination. > \end > -- cut -- > > I need to raise the arrow below 'lim', so it's closer to the word. \raise > complains about being in vertical mode ... anyone have any hints? > > Thanks! > Brendan > -- > Brendan Kehoe - Widener Sun Network Manager - brendan@cs.widener.edu > Widener University in Chester, PA A Bloody Sun-Dec War Zone The answer to your question (about how to raise the arrow below 'lim') is given in the following lines: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The limit \vtop{\hbox{\ital lim}\kern-.2em \hbox{\kern-.2em$\longrightarrow\atop\alpha\,\in\,A$}} exists only when $\alpha$ is a figment of your imagination. A better (in my opinion) result may be produced with the following: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The limit \vtop{\hbox{\ital lim}\kern-.6em \hbox{$\scriptstyle\kern.2em\longrightarrow$}\kern-.6em \hbox{$\scriptstyle\kern-.05em\alpha\,\in\,A$}} exists only when $\alpha$ is a figment of your imagination. These two sets of TeX code work OK, but they are not very elegant. Things would be easier if \overrightarrow worked properly within a subscript. Can anybody else produce a simpler solution?