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rhino7890
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Redefine % character mapping

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I'm trying to remap the % character in mathmode to a different font. Typically, if I were to remap a character, I would do something like this:

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\DeclareSymbolFont{mymathvariables}{<encoding>}{<fontfamily>}{<weight>}{<style>}
\DeclareSymbolFontAlphabet{\mathnormal}{mymathvariables}
\DeclareMathSymbol{$}{\mathalpha}{mymathvariables}{"24}
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which would map the "$" character to <fontfamily> in mathmode instead of the default fontfamily. However, remapping the % character is a little tricky as the % character is the comment symbol in LaTeX. So,

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\DeclareMathSymbol{%}{\mathalpha}{mymathvariables}{"25}
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doesn't work as the LaTeX parser doesn't interpret anything after the % sign.Likewise, if I try something like this

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\DeclareMathSymbol{\%}{\mathalpha}{mymathvariables}{"25}
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I get an error saying that "LaTeX Error Command `\%' already defined."

Does anyone know how to get around this problem? Thanks.
Last edited by rhino7890 on Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:54 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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rhino7890
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Redefine % character mapping

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So I figured out a solution:

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\catcode`\%=12
\DeclareMathSymbol{%}{\mathpunct}{mymathvariables}{"25}
\catcode`\%=14
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For more information on what this is doing, see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2498 ... -at-symbol.
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