[texhax] \~

[Barbara Beeton]

from herbert gintis, re a tilde in text:

         I often use something like this: 200\lower3pt\hbox{\~\
    }\kern-2pt300. The tilde is a little too narrow, but it'll do.
         If you don't mind going into math mode (why should you?), this is
    fine: $200\kern-2pt\sim\kern-2pt300$.

this is equivelent to the latter, removing the space
placed around a relation:

    $200{\sim}300$
							-- bb