(%i1) load("mactex-utilities")$
(%i2) tex(a/b);
$$\frac{a}{b}$$
(%o2) false
Barton
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>From: "Edwin Woollett" <woollett at charter.net>
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>Date: 08/16/2007 12:46PM
>Subject: tex() uses obsolete "over"
>
>when using MikTeX to latex a tex file, and when I am using the amsmath
>package, I get the warning:
>
>Package amsmath /b/c12/cWarning:/b/c0/c Foreign command \over;
>(amsmath) \frac or \genfrac should be used instead
>
>Maxima tex() function, applied to, for example:
>
> c + 2 b + 4 a
>(%o4) -------------
> 4 e + 8 d
>
>(%i5) tex(%);
>
>$${{c+2\,b+4\,a}\over{4\,e+8\,d}}$$
>
>(%o5) false
>
>The tex() example in the Maxima Manual shows that "over" is used rather
>than
>"frac".
>
>Ted Woollett
>win xp 5.12
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