In a previous thread, I posted a way to produce stretchable big operators. I have now updated that example file so that we can now write \limits and \nolimits after the big operator command.<br><br>The new version is available from:<br>

<div style="margin-left: 40px; font-family: courier new,monospace;"><a href="http://andrew.hostse.com/tex/documents/stretchbigops/stretchbigops.tex">http://andrew.hostse.com/tex/documents/stretchbigops/stretchbigops.tex</a><br>

<a href="http://andrew.hostse.com/tex/documents/stretchbigops/stretchbigops.pdf">http://andrew.hostse.com/tex/documents/stretchbigops/stretchbigops.pdf</a><br></div><br>This description is from the file:<br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">

<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">%% THIS FILE DEFINES THE COMMANDS:</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">%%   \rusum\(no)limits_{&lt;sub&gt;}^{&lt;sup&gt;}{&lt;operand&gt;}</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">

<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">%%   \ruprod\(no)limits_{&lt;sub&gt;}^{&lt;sup&gt;}{&lt;operand&gt;}</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">%%   \ruint\(no)limits_{&lt;sub&gt;}^{&lt;sup&gt;}{&lt;operand&gt;}</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">

<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">%%   \ruoint\(no)limits_{&lt;sub&gt;}^{&lt;sup&gt;}{&lt;operand&gt;}</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">%%   \ruoiint\(no)limits_{&lt;sub&gt;}^{&lt;sup&gt;}{&lt;operand&gt;}</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">

<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">%%</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">%% WHICH PRINT BIG OPERATORS WHICH STRETCH TO COVER</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">

<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">%% THE HEIGHT OF THE &lt;operand&gt;.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">%% \(no)limits REPRESENTS EITHER \limits OR \nolimits</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">

<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">%%     AND IS OPTIONAL.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">%% _{&lt;sub&gt;} AND ^{&lt;sup&gt;} ARE BOTH OPTIONAL AND MAY BE</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">

<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">%%     IN ANY ORDER.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">%%</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">

<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">%% THAT IS, \rusum ETC. BEHAVE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER BIG OPERATORS</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">%% WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT THEY NEED ONE COMPULSORY ARGUMENT</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">

<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">%% WHICH IS THE OPERAND.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"></div><br>Andrew