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Re: how to write a K with a hat symbol above
Klemens writes: > how can I position a hat symbol above a K ( \hat{K} in Latex, when > writing an axis title ? I presume you mean IDL, and not Latex, since this is an IDL newsgroup: k_hat = = '!3!sk!r!u^!n' > Do I need this textoidl library to do this ? No, of course not. (And I don't think the TexToIDL package does it anyway.) :-) Cheers, David -- David Fanning, Ph.D. Fanning Software Consulting, Inc. Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/ Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
Quoth David Fanning: > Klemens writes: > >> how can I position a hat symbol above a K ( \hat{K} in Latex, when >> writing an axis title ? > > I presume you mean IDL, and not Latex, since this is an > IDL newsgroup: > > k_hat = = '!3!sk!r!u^!n' > >> Do I need this textoidl library to do this ? > > No, of course not. (And I don't think the TexToIDL package does it > anyway.) :-) Thats right -- textoidl does mostly just greek letter, subscripts and superscripts...it's not a general purpose latex formatting package (although I think many people, myself included, would LOVE to have that functionality!). cheers chris