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[Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden>]

> > > In TeXmacs that is: $ - tab @ @
> >
> > I get the same (excessive) amount of space in this case.
>
> Not true for me. (version 1.0.2)
>
> The regular minus (display in leftmost corner of the window: "math -") looks
> identical to the negation (display in leftmost corner of the window: "math
> <um>") but the space afterwards is smaller (for minus infty just the same as
> for minus 1 or anything else)
>
> If you don't see the difference: is it because you can't insert <um>, or
> because the <um> is not displayed any different from minus?

A binary minus has a small space before and a small space after.
The unary minus has no space before and no space after.
This is the same as in TeX.

> Furthermore: What do you mean by "much more" and "excessive"? Here it is 
> just
> a tiny difference that only an expert would notice. (comparable to one vs.
> two spaces in math mode)

There is no excessive or much more space in either cases:
it is exactly right and similar to TeX.