\mspace - LaTeX spacing command

\mspace 3mu

Renderer support

Package	MathJax	KaTeX	XeTeX
`base`	MathJax: Full	KaTeX: None	XeTeX: None
`textmacros`	MathJax: Full	KaTeX: None	XeTeX: None

Syntax#

\mspacem:L{1em}dimension

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

base

\mspace{3mu}

textmacros

\text{\mspace 1em}

textmacros

\text{\mspace{1em}}

Package	Signature	Allowed mode	Notes
`base`	`m:L`	math	Explicit math spacing with a manually chosen width.
`textmacros`	`m:L`	text	Used to insert explicit horizontal space by giving a dimension directly.

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

\mskip #1exact
MathJax maps both names to the same parse method with no extra unit check.
\mskip #1exact

`base`
Input	Case	MathJax	KaTeX	XeTeX
`\mspace{1pt}`	Positive · baseline	Pass	Fail	Fail
`\mspace 1pt`	Positive · bare[0]	Pass	Fail	Fail
`\mspace{a}`	Negative · neg:L[0]	Fail	Fail	Fail

`textmacros`
Input	Case	MathJax	KaTeX	XeTeX
`\mspace{1pt}`	Positive · baseline	Pass	Fail	Fail
`\mspace 1pt`	Positive · bare[0]	Pass	Fail	Fail
`\mspace{a}`	Negative · neg:L[0]	Fail	Fail	Fail