[OS X TeX] Double and triple bonds

[Themis Matsoukas]

Thanks.

Themis
tmatsoukas at me.com




On May 14, 2012, at 8:47 AM, Joseph Wright wrote:

> On 14/05/2012 12:04, Themis Matsoukas wrote:
>> On May 13, 2012, at 9:18 AM, Joseph Wright wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> Package mhchem:
>>> 
>>> \usepackage[version=3]{mhchem}
>>> ....
>>> \ce{C=C} \ce{C#C}
>>> -- 
>> 
>> Thanks, this works nicely - is there a way to just reproduce the triple bond w/o calling a package? I would rather not add a package to my document, if at all possible (I worry about conflicts with the 23 other packages I am using).
>> 
>> Thanks
> 
> Standard definitions in mhchem are
> 
> \def\sbond{{\ensuremath{-}}}
> \def\dbond{%
>  \rlap{\protect\raisebox{.2ex}{\sbond}}\protect\raisebox{-.2ex}{\sbond}%
> }
> \def\tbond{%
>  \rlap{\protect\raisebox{.4ex}{\sbond}}%
>  \rlap{\sbond}%
>  \protect\raisebox{-.4ex}{\sbond}}%
> 
> which should work reasonably well.
> -- 
> Joseph Wright
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