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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi Troy,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=3>label(btex $-\infty$
etex,origin);</FONT><BR>Works fine.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I use MetaPost Version 1.005 with LaTex.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The other label statement generates an error.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Wim</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=thenders@gmail.com href="mailto:thenders@gmail.com">Troy
Henderson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=metapost@tug.org
href="mailto:metapost@tug.org">MetaPost List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 31, 2009 9:03 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [metapost] Bug with label?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Can someone else verify this odd result?<BR><BR>label(btex
$-\infty$ etex,origin);<BR><BR>produces a minus sign followed by another minus
sign whereas<BR><BR>label(btex $-\hspace*{1sp}\infty$
etex,origin);<BR><BR>gives an output that is essentially desired. I'm using
LaTeX as my engine for my labels.<BR><BR>Thoughts?<BR><BR>Troy<BR>
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