BILLET Olivier wrote:

>By the way, does this include the possibility to treat the character in
>different ways depending on the current mode (math/text)?
>Because, in the current setting, if you request for 3cm before `:' and
>then define a mathematical function $f : R \to Z$ you'll end up with a
>huuuge space between f and : which you certainly isn't what you want.
>  
>
see attached file; taco may know other tricks (i remember that there is some mechanism in tex for active char treatment in math mode) 

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