[texhax] Puzzling (La)TeX output

[Lars Madsen]

Martin Schröder :

> On 2006-05-08 14:13:43 +0200, Lars Madsen wrote:
>> simply using {\textrm dx} will make the 'd' in upright text font which is
>
> \textrm{dx} please. See? :-)
>

and I only mentioned it because the style of your answer might suggest 
that one could just substitute \rm with \textrm, and all would be fine.

>> not right either. But it is expected that \dx should be using in math mode
>> where the math fonts should be used. In that case
>>
>> \newcommand\dx{\mathrm{dx}}
>>
>> would have been a beter choice.
>
> Agreed.
>
> Best
>    Martin
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