I see. Can you describe the process in details? It is not clear when and
how these are replaced with symbols. For example, do you type "\in" and
then when you hit Spacebar or Enter, the string of text "\in" is replaced
immediately? Or can you create the document completely without issues and
upon closing and re-opening the document, you find these symbols replaced?
If possible, walk us through the steps from new document to replaced
symbols.
Given your response, I am inclined to assume this is a WinEdt problem.
None MiKTeX's executables should be doing this and I do not have this when
using the TeXworks editor (which is bundled with MiKTeX). For example, in
WinEdt, there is a Transition Tables options interface which appears to map
special characters to commands or vice-versa. I'm not so familiar with
what triggers these mappings, however. This may or may not be the cause of
your problem, but may help you search for the cause.
Best,
Chris
On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Arkady Kitover <***@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Christopher, thank you, but the problem is not the output but the input
> file. The program inserts special characters in the original tex file and
> if I need to send a copy of it (say to Math Reviews) it creates a headache.
>
> Arkady
>
>
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> Hi Arkady,
>
> What are you doing in the first place? It appears you use \in and \infty
> in your document...but what do you expect to appear? You want "\in" and
> "\infty" to appear literally? \ is a special character in TeX. If you use
> \ followed by anything, you should expect the output to be different than
> your raw .tex document. In this case, for example, I would expect "\infty"
> to be replace by the actual infinity symbol. This is by design.
>
> If you want \ to appear literally, you have two options. 1) use
> \textbackslash{} instead of the backslash (e.g. \textbackslash{}infty ) or
> 2) use either the \verb command (e.g. \verb|\infty| ) or verbatim
> environment (e.g. \being{verbatim} ...\infty... \end{verbatim} ). See, for
> example, https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/9365/78866 and
> [https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/tex/img/apple-touch-
> ***@2.png?v=eaf26b461720]<https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/9365/78866>
>
> How does one insert a backslash or a tilde (~) into LaTeX?<https://tex.
> stackexchange.com/a/9365/78866>
> tex.stackexchange.com
> How does one insert a "\\" (backslash) into the text of a LaTeX document?
> And how does one insert a "~" (tilde)? (If you insert \\~, it will give you
> a tilde as an accent over the following letter.) ...
>
>
> https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Paragraph_Formatting#Verbatim_text
> LaTeX/Paragraph Formatting - Wikibooks, open books for an ...<
> https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Paragraph_Formatting#Verbatim_text>
> en.wikibooks.org
> Altering the paragraph formatting is rarely necessary in academic writing.
> It is primarily used for formatting text in floats or for more exotic
> documents.
>
>
>
> There is no way to suppress this behavior in (La)TeX. You simply need to
> get in the habit of using these methods when you want to have \ appear in
> your output.
>
> Based on your message, it is unclear if my advice is what you are looking
> for or not. If not, include a minimal working example of the document and
> also the exact output you receive from compiling that document. This helps
> others identify the problem more easily.
>
> Best,
> Chris
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Arkady Kitover <***@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I am not sure if it is a Winedt or a Miktex issue but after compilation
> > the program inserts into the tex file some special characters, e.g. ∈
> > instead of \in or ∞ instead of \infty. Is there any way to suppress this
> > feature?
> >
> >
> > Arkady Kitover
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