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Message #00198
how to have tilde char followed by char: "~something"
Hi,
Style guide says use \textasciitilde command to insert tilde, which works in
many cases.
However, it cannot be followed by a non-space char or else latex *thinks* it is
a different command. That is, this is invalid and doesn't build:
\textasciitildeb
(note the trailing 'b')
I have tilde characters in *sample* URLs to illustrate an LP URL to a team:
https://launchpad.net/~blackbird-team
Yes, I could enclose it in a \url command like this, which 'works':
\url{https://launchpad.net/~blackbird-team}.
But, that also makes it a clickable link. So users would click on it and a page
to nowhere would open in their browser.
Is there a way do to this now? Maybe the \textasciitilde command should use the
curly brace syntax, so I could do this:
https://launchpad.net/\textasciitilde{}blackbird-team
?
(and I wish it were shorter.)
Cheers,
Kyle
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