[Doc-SIG] LaTeX question

[vbruand]

    Thanks a lot...
I have tried already \~{} and a symbol called \sim ( or something like that,
I have found it in the later help)
I do really think it's a problem is the \url thing.

    Bye.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Welbourne" <eddy@vortigen.demon.co.uk>
To: <Lucas.Bruand@ecl2002.ec-lyon.fr>
Cc: <doc-sig@python.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Doc-SIG] LaTeX question


> > I don't understand what I should exactly write instead of tilde. (
> > because %7e counts as a remark nor does \symbol{"7e})
> Have you tried \~{}
>
> > the tilde character ('~') is mis-handled;
> hrm.  By the \url{} directive ?
>
> Anyhow, being confused by what you're saying, here's what's special
> about tilde in TeX:
>
> The ~ character is TeX's non-breaking space.  You can obtain a ~ accent
> on a letter, e.g. n, by writing \~n or \~{n} and, in the second form,
> you can use \~{} to give \~ nothing to put its accent on, so it gives
> you a ~ character, of sorts.
>
> There may also be something like \tilde somewhere in TeX's huge
> vocabulary of defined names, but I don't know it.
>
> However, the problem with \url{url} may be that the \url command does
> some weird things to its arguments which make a mess of the results.
> The answer in such a case would be to fix the definition of \url ...
> anyone tell me where the relevant definition is in a .sty file or
> similar and I'll see what I can do to it.  LaTeX is infinitely flexible,
> albeits internals nearly unmaintainably ugly.
>
> Eddy.
>