Document Classes ⇒ listofsymbols

[tomileee]

I have a problem with the listofsymbols package:
I want to add the symbol for yaw rate, which is \dot{\psi}.
When i add the line,
\newsym[Gierrate]{psiPunkt}{\dot{\psi}}

i get an "undefined control sequence" error.
Does anybody know how to fix this problem?

Best regards, Thomas

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Thomas,

welcome to the board!
All \newsym commands have to be between \opensymdef and \closesymdef:

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\opensymdef
\newsym[Gierrate]{psiPunkt}{\dot{\psi}}
\closesymdef

Stefan

[tomileee]

Thanx Stefan,

that is not the problem, i already had the begining and end statement.
I just wrote the single line. So I still have this problem.

Best regards

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Thomas,

that line should not cause the error. This example is compilable and works for me:

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\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage{listofsymbols}
\opensymdef
\newsym[Gierrate]{psiPunkt}{\dot{\psi}}
\closesymdef
\begin{document}
Test: \psiPunkt
\end{document}

You could try this and tell me, if the problem occures there to.

Perhaps provide a minimal example (like I did above) that produces this error.

Stefan

[tomileee]

I just figured out that the problem makes the amsmath package.
Please try:

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\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage{listofsymbols}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\opensymdef
\newsym[Gierrate]{psiPunkt}{\dot{\psi}}
\closesymdef
\begin{document}
Test: \psiPunkt
\end{document}

[Stefan Kottwitz]

You could store the orginal \dot in your own command before amsmath is called and use that instead. This will work:

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\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage{listofsymbols}
\newcommand*\mydot{}
\let\mydot\dot
\usepackage{amsmath}
\opensymdef
\newsym[Gierrate]{psiPunkt}{\mydot{\psi}}
\closesymdef
\begin{document}
Test: \psiPunkt
\end{document}

Further you could call

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\let\dot\mydot

after loading amsmath, if you want to write \dot instead of \mydot in the rest of the document.

Stefan

[tomileee]

Now it works. Thanx a lot.