CTAN update: freemath
Date: November 25, 2025 11:31:55 AM CET
plante submitted an update to the
freemath
package.
Version: 1.1
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: LaTeX maths without backslashes
Announcement text:
Some improvements: - Better \left \right and \sqrt (\radical) behaviour; - Better LuaLaTeX compatibility, specifically for unicode-math users; - Updated documentation with some texnical notes.
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/freemath More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/freemath
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz 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 .
Some improvements: - Better \left \right and \sqrt (\radical) behaviour; - Better LuaLaTeX compatibility, specifically for unicode-math users; - Updated documentation with some texnical notes.
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/freemath More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/freemath
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz 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 | 1.1 |
| Copyright | 2025 plante |
| Maintainer | plante |