[OS X TeX] Left Justified Symbol

[Rose Charlie]

Martin ... the "\triangleeq" method (below) works beautifully! It's  
just what I need. *Thank you!*


On 2009.04.27, at 23:20:47, Martin Costabel wrote:

> Rose Charlie wrote:
> []
>> Very slick, and it does *almost* exactly what I need ... what's  
>> lacking is that it's not in the "equation" environment so no  
>> equation number is generated. And, being the LaTeX amateur that I  
>> am, I don't know how to produce that myself. I *will* try to figure  
>> it out, though.
>
> If your equation is not numbered, you can simply use \leqno:
>
> $$
>   your equation
> \leqno\blacktriangleright
> $$
>
> For numbered equations, the following does the trick
>
> \def\triangleeq{%
>  \let\theeq\theequation
>  \def\theequation{\theeq
>     \rlap{\hskip -\displaywidth\ $\blacktriangleright$}}}
>
> \begin{equation}
> \triangleeq
>  your equation
> \end{equation}
>
> Just use the command \triangleeq inside the equation environment  
> where you want the triangle. The triangle will be placed at the  
> beginning of the line that has the equation number.
>
>
> -- 
> Martin
>
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