Spacing\mskip

\mskipCommand

Manual math spacing between atoms using an explicit dimension.

\mskip 2mu
Topic
Spacing
Available in
base, textmacros
Kind
prefix
Allowed mode
math, text
Frequency
Not measured
Commonality
low
Tags
spacing
Renderer support
PackageMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
baseMathJax: FullKaTeX: FullXeTeX: None
textmacrosMathJax: FullKaTeX: FullXeTeX: None
About the test scope

Syntax#

\mskipm:L{1em}dimension

Argspec m:L — one mandatory argument. Same argspec in base and textmacros. Reading argspecs

Examples#

base

\mskip{2mu}

textmacros

\text{\mskip 1em}

textmacros

\text{\mskip{1em}}

Package variants#

PackageSignatureAllowed modeNotes
basem:LmathManual math spacing between atoms using an explicit dimension.
textmacrosm:LtextUsed to insert an explicit skip amount written as a dimension value.

In TeXForm#

TeXForm parses this entry as prefix syntax; the package determines its argument specification.

base/mskip-to-mspacefrom Faithfulreading

Collapse mskip to the explicit mspace command.

\mskip #1 \mspace{#1}

Equivalent forms#

  • \mspace #1exact

    MathJax maps both names to the same parse method with no extra unit check.

  • \hskip{5mu}exact
  • \mspace{#1}exact

See also#

Test cases#

base
InputCaseMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
\mskip{1pt}Positive · baselinePassPassFail
\mskip 1ptPositive · bare[0]PassPassFail
\mskip{a}Negative · neg:L[0]FailFailFail
textmacros
InputCaseMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
\mskip{1pt}Positive · baselinePassPassFail
\mskip 1ptPositive · bare[0]PassPassFail
\mskip{a}Negative · neg:L[0]FailFailFail
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