[texhax] a new math symbol?

[Phil Parker]

On 09/18/2003 at 12:42 AM, Joe Corneli <jcorneli at math.utexas.edu> wrote: >%
not font-size independent
>\newcommand{\openset}{\mathrel{\subset \hspace{-8.35pt} \circ}} % this is a
>nasty hack for 12-point
>\newcommand{\bigopenset}{\mathrel{\subset \hspace{-9.25pt} \circ}}

>Is there a way to get this symbol to work in a font-size-independent way
>(without resorting to METAFONT)?

Try expressing that \hspace in a font-dependent unit such as em.

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