[OS X TeX] dropped parentheses

[Nitecki, Zbigniew H.]

(Big slap to forehead).  Thanks :-)

On Jul 18, 2021, at 15:30, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com<mailto:herbs at wideopenwest.com>> wrote:



On Jul 18, 2021, at 12:29 PM, Nitecki, Zbigniew H. <Zbigniew.Nitecki at tufts.edu<mailto:Zbigniew.Nitecki at tufts.edu>> wrote:

What I thought was a simple macro definition is yielding puzzling results.
The full testfiles are attached below.  Bottom line:
with these definitions

\newcommand{\dist}[2]{\ensuremath{\operatorname{dist}(#1,#2)}}% distance function
\newcommand{\distsub}[1]{\ensuremath{\operatorname{dist}_{#1}}}%subscripted distance name
\newcommand{\dists}[3]{\ensuremath{\distsub{#1}(#2,#3)}}%subscripted distance function


\newcommand{\distX}[1]{\ensuremath{\distsub{X}}}
\newcommand{\distY}[1]{\ensuremath{\distsub{Y}}}


why are my closing parentheses (not part of the macro) dropped?


Howdy,

You define \distX and \distY to have an argument which happens to be the ) which is then absorbed since you don't use it.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
herbs at wideopenwest.com<mailto:herbs at wideopenwest.com>


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