[geeks] quick latex question

[Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
>
> > I'm using an inline formula in a latex document (just a $\frac{1}{2}$),
> > and latex appends the next word in the paragraph immediately after the
> > formula so that it comes out like "blah blah 1/2blah".
> >
> > Does anyone know how to fix this, or barring a proper fix, a command to
> > force latex to insert a small space in an arbitrary place?
>
>
> do: $\frac{1}{2}$~rest of the text (the ~ is important)
>                  ^
> 		 |
>                  --- to force latex to add a space.

Ooops this is what happenes when i do not proof read anything after 10 hrs
of straight hacking. I thought you needed to force latex to add a space.
Disregar the ~, I believe \ should be used