[Tex/LaTex] Double strikeout

formattingstrikeout

I'm using the ulem for strikethrough, but need two formats of strikethrough. I'm currently using \dout{text} which looks good, but the second\xout{text} makes the base text a little too unreadable.

I'm looking for a clean double-strikethrough… the closest I've gotten is:

\newcommand\dout{\bgroup \markoverwith{\rule[0.2ex]{0.1pt}{0.4pt}\rule[0.8ex]{0.1pt}{0.4pt}}\ULon}

but this creates a slight hatching effect. (It's good enough, but I figured I'd see if any of ye clever folk had a cleaner solution.)

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This is modified from the double underline macro of ulem (note that \MakeRobust is also defined by that package):

\def\dout{\bgroup
 \markoverwith{\lower-0.2ex\hbox
 {\kern-.03em\vbox{\hrule width.2em\kern0.45ex\hrule}\kern-.03em}}%
 \ULon}
\MakeRobust\dout

and seems to work quite well:

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[Tex/LaTex] Strikeout in math mode

Use something like

\sout{$a^2+b^2=c^2$}

\[
  \hbox{\sout{$a^2+b^2$}}=c^2
\]

And you can of course define a command for convenience.

[Tex/LaTex] Strikeout formula inside eqnarray

It is not possible to directly span a \cancel or \sout across the alignment points & since each "cell" forms a group. That is, you want to start inside one group and span across to another group. One way around this might be to use tikzmark to remember left/right nodes inside a display, or overlay the ~~strikeout~~ after the fact. I've chosen to do the latter here:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,ulem}% http://ctan.org/pkg/{amsmath,ulem}
\begin{document}
\sout{When bla bla~$s$ bla bla~$v$, bla bla~$\boldsymbol{x}_v$, bla bla, the equation is:}
\begin{align}
  p_{v,s} &= v + s\llap{\sout{\phantom{$p_{v,s} = v + s$}}} \nonumber \\
          &= v^2 - s^3.\llap{\sout{\phantom{$= v^2 - s^3.$}}} \label{eqn:pvs}
\end{align}
\end{document}

The idea is to set the equation as-is and then (at the end of each row/line) insert a zero-width left overlap where you \sout (or \cancel) the same equation. Using \phantom gives you the correct spacing without re-setting the content.

If you use the same approach using eqnarray, you'll obtain an incorrect layout, since eqnarray doesn't provide the correct spacing around the aligned item.

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[Tex/LaTex] Strikeout formula inside eqnarray

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