From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 14:42:59 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Make \var work correctly in math mode.
X-Git-Tag: v1.5.2b1~171
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fa1cceb91f7e701248f38f6608bbae4de7adc4f6;p=python

Make \var work correctly in math mode.
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diff --git a/Doc/texinputs/python.sty b/Doc/texinputs/python.sty
index c49e7bf082..c579adc7e9 100644
--- a/Doc/texinputs/python.sty
+++ b/Doc/texinputs/python.sty
@@ -626,8 +626,14 @@
 \newcommand{\samp}[1]{`\code{#1}'}
 % This weird definition of \var{} allows it to always appear in roman
 % italics, and won't get funky in code fragments when we play around
-% with fonts.
-\newcommand{\var}[1]{\normalsize\textrm{\textit{#1\/}}}
+% with fonts.  This also works directly in math mode.
+\newcommand{\var}[1]{%
+  \ifmmode%
+    \hbox{\normalsize\textrm{\textit{#1\/}}}%
+  \else%
+    \normalsize\textrm{\textit{#1\/}}%
+  \fi%
+}
 \renewcommand{\emph}[1]{{\em #1}}
 \newcommand{\dfn}[1]{\emph{#1}}
 \newcommand{\strong}[1]{{\bf #1}}