Hi Alan,

you should at least limit the scope of the command to math mode

\appendtoks
     \let\t\mathtext
     \let\w\mathword
\to \everymathematics

Wolfgang
> Alan Braslau <mailto:braslau.list@comcast.net>
> 8. Juli 2018 um 23:11
> In many "less-rigorous" uses of equations, there is an abundant need
> to include words (text) in mathematics, and using \mathtext{} or \mbox{}
> or whatever is unwieldy.
>
> Readable subscripts, self-explanatory variable names, etc. might be
> text and not symbols. These situations can be very common. This is why I
> asked (1) what is the right method, and (2) what do others think about
> the shorthand \t{}, similar to the shorthand \m{}?
>
> Alan
>
>
> On Sun, 8 Jul 2018 23:00:00 +0200
>
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