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szymtor · Post by **szymtor** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:05 pm

I would like to define a command which displays some formula in a different way,
depending on whether it is used in math mode or in display mode. How do I do that?
Thanks for any suggestions.

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Post by **josephwright** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 10:47 am

The TeX \mathchoice primitive is the best way to do this:

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\mathchoice{<display mode>}{<text mode>}{<superscript mode>}{<supersuperscript mode>}

szymtor · Post by **szymtor** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:47 pm

Very cool. Thanks!

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