Re: \edef in LaTeX

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From: Piet van Oostrum
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 13:32

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>>>>> goldstrn@math.fu-berlin.de (Martin Goldstern) (MG) writes:


MG> Can somebody please explain to me why latex is looking for the file 
MG> .tex
MG> when I tell it to 
MG> \edef\a{\smallskip}

MG> Or is it politcally incorrect to use \edef in Latex?

Apparently the problem is not in the use of \edef, but in the combination
with \smallskip. It is redefined in LateX in such a way that it cannot
withstand an attack by \edef.
-- 
Piet van Oostrum <piet@cs.ruu.nl>

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From: piet@cs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum)
Subject: Re: \edef in LaTeX
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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 13:32:34 GMT
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