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torsten@kom.auc.dk (torsten martinsen) writes:

>>>>>> "Virgil" == Virgil Stokes neuro <virsto@ki.se> writes:

>Virgil> And my second question is---where can I find information in \relax ?
>Virgil> It is not in the index of ether L.L.'s book or The LaTeX Companion.

>There is no information *in* \relax :-) 
>In The TeX book, Donald Knuth writes:

>	In fact, \relax| is a control sequence that means ``do nothing.''

>I.e.

>	\def\relax{}
No, no, NO! The above is the definition for \empty! You think they
are not different? Pooey! You can use \relax to stop expansion
anywhere, say expansion of numbers, you cannot use \empty.
Try:
\message{\number'12\empty 3 \number'12\relax 3 }
to get my point.
\relax does nothing, but it stays!

>-Torsten
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