Re: overlapping math symbols

Thank you for the reply. This is quite close to what I am looking for,
but unfortunately I don't know anything about tex hacking and so can't
modify myself what you've written. First, it would be much better if I
could use this command in math mode. I compile with pdflatex, and for
me $\parallelarrow$ does not work, whereas \parallelarrow does. Also
another problem is that, if I type $t_1$ \parallelarrow $t_2$, it
inserts a new line after the parallel arrow.

Thanks again.

-Mike

On May 30, 2:45 pm, Werner <wgrundli...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If you only require a \parallel over a \rightarrow, this would be a
quick-fix:

\newlength{\arrowwidth} \settowidth{\arrowwidth}{$\rightarrow$}%

\newcommand{\parallelrightarrow}{%
\makebox[\arrowwidth][c]{$\rightarrow$}\hspace*{-\arrowwidth}%
\makebox[\arrowwidth][c]{$\parallel$}%

}

Effectively, print the $\rightarrow$, then print the $\parallel$. Now
you can use something like:

This is just a $\parallelrightarrow$ parallel right arrow in the text
\ldots

For a comprehensive list of available symbols in LaTeX, visit
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/symbols/comprehensive/
on CTAN.

Werner


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