To escape many _ in LaTeX efficiently

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Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 picture Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 · Aug 28, 2009 · Viewed 43k times · Source

How can you escape _ without the use of \_?

This is the example of the question

word_a_a_a_a_a_b_c_dd

There is one function which you can use for this. However, I cannot remember its name.

Answer

John Feminella picture John Feminella · Aug 28, 2009

Are you thinking of the underscore package, which redefines the underscore symbol so that you don't have to escape it in text mode? See here.

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