Math & Science ⇒ amssymb, MnSymbol | Package Incompatibility

[Haddock]

Hi,

I am using four symbols (namely \bigcurlywedgedot, \curlywedgedot, \bigcurlyveedot and \curlyveedot) from MnSymbol package, but given the compatibility issue between that package and amssymb, it messes up the other symbols in the whole document.

I was wondering if there is a way around this. I have tried all of the suggestions on the web but none seems to cut it.


Thanks

[localghost]

Sometimes the load sequence is decisive.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[Stefan Kottwitz]

If you load MnSymbol after amssymb, you could use those symbols:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{MnSymbol}
\begin{document}
$\bigcurlywedgedot\curlywedgedot\bigcurlyveedot\curlyveedot$
\end{document}

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If you would change the package loading order, LaTeX would complain, that some commands are already defined, since both packages use the same names for some commands, such as \mathfrak, \centerdot, \veebar, \barwedge, \doublebarwedge, \circledS, \dotplus, ...

Stefan

[Haddock]

> Best regards and welcome to the board
Thanks Thorsten!

Thanks Stefan_K for the reply:
> If you load MnSymbol after amssymb, you could use those symbols

Yes, that's the way I am using it now (load MnSymbol after amssymb). There is no problem with loading these symbols, but when I use the MnSymbol package it apparently overwrites some properties (font size) of the predefined symbols (like \wedge or \top) from the amssymb package and makes them look smaller than usual.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Perhaps with some work it's possible to get just the desired symbols from MnSymbol, without loading the whole package, by looking into the package code and coping the required parts.

Stefan