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[Kevin Godby <godbyk@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Kyle Nitzsche
<kyle.nitzsche@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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')

You may use either "\textasciitilde b" or "\textasciitilde{}b".

LaTeX will swallow the whitespace which immediately follows a control
sequence (\command).

--Kevin