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- From: James Petts <pettsj@visigoth.demon.co.uk>
- Subject: re : TeX grammar question
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- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 07:28:06 GMT
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- The reason is that TeX has two types of control sequences: control words
- and control symbols. Symbols consist of a backslash (or whatever you
- have defined your escape character to be, and one other single character.
- Control words on the other hand, consist of a backslash and a series of
- characters terminated by a space or another control sequence. When
- TeX sees the space it gobbles it up and uses it as a flag to indicate that
- the control world has ended. To avoid this, use a control space (\<space>)
- or an empty group ({}) immediately after \TeX
-