[pdftex] \texorpdfstring and \ge \le

[Victor Ivrii]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Gerree Pecht <gerree at math.princeton.edu> wrote:
> Hello ...
>
>
> As of lately, most of the questions regarding pdf-TeX
> ... I'm not familiar with ...
> \texorpdfstring on pdf side ... ??
>
> What type of system/software packages are you using?
>
> I work on a Linux system ...
>
> ?
>

We are discussing (pdf)LaTeX with hyperref. It generates bookmarks
(among other things). The problem is that if \section{} contains
mathematical expressions bookmark title is a bit funny. Look at pdf
generated from



\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[unicode]{hyperref}
\begin{document}

\section{$\Psi$ is cool}
\newpage
\section{\texorpdfstring{$\Psi$ is cool}{\textPsi\ is cool}}
\end{document}



\section{
> Gerree P. Pecht
>
> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Victor Ivrii wrote:
>
>> I am struggling to put in \texorpdfstring on pdf side ^ as
>> substitution of the power.
>> Neither
>>
>> \section{\texorpdfstring{$A^B$}{A\^ B}}
>>
>>
>> \DeclareTextCommand{\texthat}{PD1}{\8\136}
>> \begin{document}
>>
>> \section{\texorpdfstring{$A^B$}{A\texthat B}}
>>
>>
>>
>> seem to work.
>>
>> Victor
>>
>
> --
>
> Gerree P. Pecht
> Princeton University Mathematics Department
> (609) 258-3011
>
>



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