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Re: help with TeX \@... definitions, please.

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From: fritz zaucker
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1992 16:08
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In article <1690004@deneb.grenoble.hp.com> pyt@deneb.grenoble.hp.com (Pierre-Yves THOULON) writes:


   LaTeX won't let you use the @ as a valid character in a control
   sequence name unless you do so in a style file. This is a feature, as
   far as I understand...

Yes and no. In a documentstyle option (a *.sty file) you can use the @
sign.

If you want to use it in your document directly, you have to do

\makeatletter

% Your definitions
%
% and then don't forget

\makeatother
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From: fritzz@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu (fritz zaucker)
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Subject: Re: help with TeX \@... definitions, please.
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