Merge pull request #1367 from mathjax/issue3448

Fix spacing issues with \operatorname. (mathjax/MathJax#3448)

Author: dpvc

ts/core/MmlTree/MmlNode.ts

@@ -1182,6 +1182,8 @@ export abstract class AbstractMmlBaseNode extends AbstractMmlNode {
       if (this.isEmbellished || base.isKind('mi')) {
         result = base.setTeXclass(prev);
         this.updateTeXclass(this.core());
+      } else if (base.isKind('TeXAtom')) {
+        this.texClass = base.texClass;
       } else {
         base.setTeXclass(null);
       }

ts/input/tex/ams/AmsMethods.ts

@@ -359,13 +359,18 @@ export const AmsMethods: { [key: string]: ParseMethod } = {
         font: TexConstant.Variant.NORMAL,
         multiLetterIdentifiers: parser.options.ams.operatornamePattern,
         operatorLetters: true,
+        noAutoOP: true,
       },
       parser.configuration
     ).mml();
     //
-    //  If we get something other than a single mi, wrap in a TeXAtom.
+    //  If we get a single mi, remove the autoOp property
+    //  (it will get that automatically if more than one letter),
+    //  otherwise wrap the results in a TeXAtom.
     //
-    if (!mml.isKind('mi')) {
+    if (mml.isKind('mi')) {
+      mml.removeProperty('autoOP');
+    } else {
       mml = parser.create('node', 'TeXAtom', [mml]);
     }
     //