[OS X TeX] A split happens

[Claus Gerhardt]

Use the amsmath package and define
\DeclareMathOperator{\subsetc}{\subset  \!\!\!\!\! \circ\thinspace 
\thinspace}

Moreover, there is the command \Subset for "compactly contained"  
which might serve as an alternative for you.

Claus


On Nov 8, 2006, at 23:48, Iraj Kalantari wrote:

> Friends,
>
> This is a question from a TeX user 101.
>
> I wish to create a special symbol through a macro, and since I am  
> ignorant of how to make meta fonts, I use
>
> \newcommand\subsetc{\subset  \!\!\!\!\! \circ\thinspace\thinspace}
>
> (This is to create a symbol for 'is a subset of with special  
> further properties'.)
>
> This macro works for me well except for when it happens to be about  
> the end of the line.  In that case, it splits  (I get \subset in  
> one line and \circ on the next) and I do not have the desired result.
>
> Is this a bug or it is because I am brut-forcing and getting my  
> just desert.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Iraj.
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