searched the forum and documentation but not finding a solution here…
I have text with $ amounts in it, and I used #sym.dollar to insert the $ symbol correctly, but if I put a number right after it, it throws an error. however, when I put a space after, the symbol shows up correctly, but then there’s an extra space in the rendered text…
example:
#sym.dollar 250
shows as $ 250
#sym.dollar250
gives error “Module sym does not contain dollar250”
The default way to stop code mode in that situation, with no extra space, is with a ;
#sym.dollar;250
Note that you can also use a backslash:
\$250
Backslash in general takes something that is special in markup (or not) and turns it directly into a symbol, so the result is the same as when sym.dollar is inserted.
Other alternatives would be to use a function (if you need number formatting anyway, in the style of package zero or similar) or other ways of creating custom shorthands.
Could you mark @bluss answer as solution?