Hello, Werner Lemberg wrote: > > Probably, either the definition of \DeclareTextSymbol should be changed, > > or the new \Declare* command should be added to avoid this `bug'. > > I second this. What about the following: > > \DeclareMathTextSymbol{<name>} > {<encoding>} > {<math character class>} > {<slot>} > > e.g. > > \DeclareMathTextSymbol{\CYRA}{T2}{cyrletters}{"0C0} > > the math category would always be \mathalpha (is this reasonable?) May be, the optional argument (in wich one can specify the category) would be useful? :-) > \CYRA should then work in text and math mode...this is more like an alias > for a letter than a symbolic name IMHO. > > LaTeX does this implicitly: you have a \DeclareMathSymbol{a}... but no > corresponding sequence for text mode! -- With best regards, Vladimir.