Timeline for How to make text in math mode which would cause an `overfull \hbox` automatically start on the next line?

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Jun 24, 2012 at 17:29	comment	added	Hendrik Vogt		@Ryan: Using `\nobreak` (as egreg suggests) is superior to `{...}` since the former doesn't effect the spacing of the formula. The latter causes the spaces to be set to their natural width.
Dec 14, 2011 at 7:49	comment	added	Ryan Reich		@mbork: I actually prefer to use `\mid` for set-building notation, but @jamaicanworm put some effort into making the colon look good so I figured he'd want the version that does it automatically. In this case, what's good for the goose is good for the gander.
Dec 14, 2011 at 7:43	comment	added	mbork		Actually, `\colon` is meant for expressions like $f\colon A\to B$ . I see nothing wrong with $\{x:x>0\}$ , but you can always say `\newcommand{\setselector}[2]{\{#1\,:\,#2\}}` (or put `\|` in place of `:`).
Dec 14, 2011 at 6:33	comment	added	Ryan Reich		@jamaicanworm: Yes, I mean that. If you want to discourage a particular break you may put braces around that part: $A = {B \cup C}$ , which in math mode has the effect of creating an unbreakable `\hbox`, but beware that this increases the likelihood of the expression becoming too long and making an overfull `\hbox`. Don't expect anything you put in the text to have total visual integrity; that is exactly what a display is for.
Dec 14, 2011 at 6:31	history	edited	Ryan Reich	CC BY-SA 3.0	amsmath
Dec 14, 2011 at 6:29	comment	added	jamaicanworm		When you say "display," do you mean put inside `\[...\]` so that the math text is on its own line? I may want to write something as simple as $A = B \cup C$ within a paragraph, and if that happened to be towards the end of the line, LaTeX would automatically insert a line break after the `\cup`...
Dec 14, 2011 at 6:10	history	answered	Ryan Reich	CC BY-SA 3.0