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In user700902's answer to this post, there is the following for-loop:

\@for\@tempa:=a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z\do{%
\expandafter\colorizemath\@tempa{green}}

If I want to put symbols like >, (, = along with a,b,c,..., how can I escape them?

Whole Document:

\documentclass[fontsize=11pt]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsfonts,hyperref,color,xcolor}

\newcommand*{\mathcolor}{}
\def\mathcolor#1#{\mathcoloraux{#1}}
\newcommand*{\mathcoloraux}[3]{%
  \protect\leavevmode
  \begingroup
    \color#1{#2}#3%
  \endgroup
}

\makeatletter
\def\colorizemath #1#2{%
    \expandafter\mathchardef\csname orig:math:#1\endcsname\mathcode`#1
    \mathcode`#1="8000
    \toks@\expandafter{\csname orig:math:#1\endcsname}%
    \begingroup
       \lccode`~=`#1
       \lowercase{%
    \endgroup
       \edef~{{\noexpand\color{#2}\the\toks@}}}%
   }
\@for\@tempa:=a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z\do{%
    \expandafter\colorizemath\@tempa{blue}}
\@for\@tempa:=A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z\do{%
    \expandafter\colorizemath\@tempa{blue}}
\@for\@tempa:=0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9\do{%
    \expandafter\colorizemath\@tempa{blue}}
\@for\@tempa:==\do{%
    \expandafter\colorizemath\@tempa{brown}}
\def\m@th{\mathsurround\z@\color{black}}
\makeatother


\begin{document}

\title{Test File}

\author{ABC}

\maketitle

\section{Introduction}

The equation $1+1=2$ holds.

\end{document}
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  • Except for braces, the symbols you mention can be inserted without escaping – JLDiaz Mar 09 '13 at 20:32
  • @JLDiaz I don't think so... I did \@for\@tempa:==\do{% \expandafter\colorizemath\@tempa{green}} and it doesn't work. – Mika H. Mar 09 '13 at 20:59
  • @MikaH. It works for me. Are you sure, you are between \makeatletter and \makeatother? Otherwise, explain what doesn’t work. Error message? Faulty output? Unexpected issues? (Unrelated to the question: = looses its \mathrel status with this.) – Qrrbrbirlbel Mar 09 '13 at 21:29
  • @Qrrbrbirlbel Not sure how helpful this is, but what happens is: It doesn't compile, and the error message is ! Bad mathchar (32768). <to be read again> \relax l.26 \begin{document} And yes, I'm between \makeatletter and \makeatother – Mika H. Mar 09 '13 at 21:34
  • @MikaH. this is why you should always post a complete document that shows the problem, most likely it is nothing to do with for loop but the syntax required of an assignment the = is optional except when it isn't for example \let\a b is the same as \let\a=b but if you want b to be = you have to have \let\a== as teh first = is taken as part of the assignment. – David Carlisle Mar 09 '13 at 21:44
  • I've just posted the whole document. Could you please take a look and see where the problem is? – Mika H. Mar 09 '13 at 21:50
  • The problem is nothing to do with the loop: it's hyperref trying to save the mathcode of =. Probably one for Heiko Oberdiek! (You can't \mathchardef something that's set to math active, which is where the issue is.) – Joseph Wright Mar 09 '13 at 22:14
  • This "colorization" will most probably break a number of constructs. Moreover the spacing for = will be wrong. If the line \mathcode `#1="8000 is turned into \AtBeginDocument{\mathcode `#1="8000 } the error disappears. – egreg Mar 09 '13 at 22:18
  • Ah, it's amsmath that is trying to save the math code, not hyperref! – Joseph Wright Mar 09 '13 at 22:20

1 Answers1

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You can avoid the error by just delaying switching the mathcode, so change

    \mathcode`#1="8000

to

    \AtBeginDocument{\mathcode`#1="8000 }

But a more serious problem is that you are making every definition {\color{abc}\olddefn} which makes every character a mathord and destroys the spacing (just of = in this example as letters get mathord spacing anyway) The following gets the math classof the original character and inserts \mathxx command into the definition so = gets \mathrel and the correct spacing:

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\documentclass[fontsize=11pt]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsfonts,hyperref,color,xcolor}

\newcommand*{\mathcolor}{}
\def\mathcolor#1#{\mathcoloraux{#1}}
\newcommand*{\mathcoloraux}[3]{%
  \protect\leavevmode
  \begingroup
    \color#1{#2}#3%
  \endgroup
}

\makeatletter
\def\colorizemath #1#2{%
    \expandafter\mathchardef\csname orig:math:#1\endcsname\mathcode`#1
    \AtBeginDocument{\mathcode`#1="8000 }
    \toks@\expandafter{\csname orig:math:#1\endcsname}%
\count@\mathcode`#1 %
\divide\count@"1000 %
    \begingroup
       \lccode`~=`#1
       \lowercase{%
    \endgroup
       \edef~{%
  \ifcase\count@
    \or
    \mathop\or
    \mathbin\or
    \mathrel\or
    \mathopen\or
    \mathclose\or
    \mathpunct\or
  \fi
{\noexpand\color{#2}\the\toks@}}}%
   }
\@for\@tempa:=a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z\do{%
    \expandafter\colorizemath\@tempa{blue}}
\@for\@tempa:=A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z\do{%
    \expandafter\colorizemath\@tempa{blue}}
\@for\@tempa:=0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9\do{%
    \expandafter\colorizemath\@tempa{blue}}
\@for\@tempa:==\do{%
    \expandafter\colorizemath\@tempa{brown}}
\def\m@th{\mathsurround\z@\color{black}}
\makeatother


\begin{document}

\title{Test File}

\author{ABC}

\maketitle

\section{Introduction}

The equation $1+1=2$ holds.

\end{document}
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