CTAN update: freemath
Date: October 5, 2026 8:54:30 AM CEST
plante submitted an update to the
freemath
package.
Version: 1.2
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: LaTeX maths without backslashes
Announcement text:
New Features - Added a blacklist for non-math mode commands with short names to prevent unwanted command formation. Bug Fixes - Fixed crash when scanner encounters alignment tokens.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/freemath The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/freemath/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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New Features - Added a blacklist for non-math mode commands with short names to prevent unwanted command formation. Bug Fixes - Fixed crash when scanner encounters alignment tokens.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/freemath The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/freemath/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs
Freemath – LaTeX maths without backslashes
This package allows for the omission of backslashes from most math mode commands. Specifically, any consecutive string of at least two (Latin) letters appearing in math mode will automatically be turned into the control sequence with the same name, if it exists.
The package provides the \freemathon and \freemathoff commands which respectively activate and deactivate this behaviour. It is disabled by default upon loading.
Regular commands initiated by a backslash may of course still be used when freemath is active, and can furthermore be freely mixed with backslash-free commands.
| Package | Freemath |
| Version | 1.2 |
| Copyright | 2025–2026 plante |
| Maintainer | plante |