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In mathmode, ' gets converted to "prime" symbol. What I'd like is neither the closing nor opening single quote as in (How to get the closing single quote in math mode). Rather, how do I get an unslanted neutral single quote in mathmode?

To avoid any XY problem, I state here problem X:

I am typesetting a document that uses Mathematica's font using the wrisym package. After \usepackage{wrisym}, I can access all the Mathematica font in math-mode using \mathversion{monobold}. But sometimes, I need the character that you get when you type ' in the front end of the notebook, which is not the prime character. How do I get LaTeX to output the unslanted ' character.

EDIT Many thanks for everyone's prompt answers. Please read below for a clear formulation of my problem.

\documentclass[a4,10pt]{article}

\usepackage{amsmath, amssymb}

\usepackage[uprightmonomath]{wrisym}

\DeclareMathVersion{monobold}
\SetSymbolFont{letters}{monobold}{OML}{wcrum}{b}{n}
\SetSymbolFont{operators}{monobold}{OT1}{wcrr}{b}{n}
\SetSymbolFont{symbols}{monobold}{OMS}{wcry}{b}{n}

\begin{document}

normal math:
$x y z$

Mathematica text:
\mathversion{monobold}$\sqrt{x}$\mathversion{normal}

symbol then quote:
\mathversion{monobold}$x'$\mathversion{normal}

\end{document}

generates:

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Inputing the last two lines in Mathematica, it looks like:

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Notice that the ' character looks different in LaTeX than in the Mathematica notebook, because (I believe) it has been converted to a prime.

How do I get the raw ' character in Mathematica font to appear in LaTeX so that it better approximates what appears in the Mathematica notebook?

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  • Maybe \textrm{'}, as in $A' \ne A\textrm{'}$ – Steven B. Segletes Jul 06 '16 at 13:28
  • Should this be in textmode? Maybe you could show us an example of expected output? – Runar Jul 06 '16 at 13:29
  • @StevenB.Segletes I cannot access the special fonts in text mode (which is why \textrm{'} doesn't work). – QuantumDot Jul 06 '16 at 13:32
  • Then how about \setbox0=\hbox{'}$A' \ne A\box0$? – Steven B. Segletes Jul 06 '16 at 13:34
  • If you use it a lot, then \documentclass{article} \newsavebox\sqcontent \savebox\sqcontent{'} \def\sq{\usebox{\sqcontent}} \begin{document} $A' \ne A\sq$ \end{document} – Steven B. Segletes Jul 06 '16 at 13:36
  • @RunarTrollet See my edited question; I have tried to more clearly explain what I need. – QuantumDot Jul 06 '16 at 14:42
  • @QuantumDot If you get any way of inputting such char (if you know it exist, and what slot it is in, you can do \begingroup\lccode`~=`'\lowercase{\endgroup\def~}{<definition that outputs the upright prime>} and it wil correctly output whatever you put in that definition, so all you need is to get a way to output the symbol and with that code you will make ' actually print it. – Manuel Jul 06 '16 at 14:48
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    This comment won't bring any answer, but this seems more a font design question than a LaTeX question to me. In general, it seems straight single quote signs are more common in fixed width fonts. Furthermore, from the space between x and ' in your last example, it seems to me that your output uses such a font (I can't test, I don't use mathematica). Lastly, from the very low quality images on this page I conclude that mathematica uses a very ordinary single quote sign for derivatives. – Christoph Frings Jul 06 '16 at 17:16
  • @Manuel I came up with an alternative way to find the glyph, but I need a little help. see: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/318358/how-to-obtain-a-list-of-all-the-glyphs-in-a-font – QuantumDot Jul 07 '16 at 08:12

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I really doubt this is correct usage, but here is a solution using the textcomp-package.

Output

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Code

\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{mathtools,textcomp}
\begin{document}

\begin{equation}
    x\textnormal{\textquotesingle}
\end{equation}
\end{document}
Runar
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Wether you define a command, and use it

\newcommand*\q{\mathchar`'}
$a\q b$

or if you want all ' to give you the usual single text quote, you change the mathcode of ' to not being “math-active” (active means \mathcode`'="8000).

\mathcode`'=`' % this seems to work, but I'm not sure it's the perfect way
$a'b$
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  • @QuantumDot It's not entirely clear to me if this is what you want, if you want the “upquote”, you can change the definition of the active ' to whatever you want that outputs the upquote. You should edit your question and add some code or image. – Manuel Jul 06 '16 at 13:48
  • I have expanded my question under "EDIT". Perhaps it clearly explains what I'm looking for. – QuantumDot Jul 06 '16 at 14:41
  • I think I came up with an alternative way to find what I need, but I need some help: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/318358/how-to-obtain-a-list-of-all-the-glyphs-in-a-font – QuantumDot Jul 07 '16 at 08:12
  • Use \xfonttable as Ulrike said (and with other math encodings), and look for hte position of the glyph. If you pass a screenshot of the font table we can help you. – Manuel Jul 07 '16 at 09:47
  • Thanks; Ulrike's suggestion helped, and the problem is now solved. – QuantumDot Jul 07 '16 at 10:18
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    Post the answer here in that case, or add the screenshot and we can add an answer that lets ' give you the glyph you want. – Manuel Jul 07 '16 at 10:37