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Re: Delimiter-separated words for @macro
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michael-franzese |
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Re: Delimiter-separated words for @macro |
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Thu, 7 Jan 2021 15:55:17 +0100 |
> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2021 at 7:33 PM
> From: "Gavin Smith" <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
> To: michael-franzese@gmx.com
> Cc: "help-texinfo gnu" <help-texinfo@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: Delimiter-separated words for @macro
>
> On Thu, Jan 07, 2021 at 02:05:01PM +0100, michael-franzese@gmx.com wrote:
> > A way to split macro names. I can use "-" with all @set variables, all
> > @node names, etc.
> > It would also help to allow numbers "@macro pinnegar2020 {}" which
> > describes publication
> > of Pinnegar in 2020.
> >
> > @macro my-macro {}
>
> Got it. The best you can do is "@macro myMacro {}". It's very unlikely
> that numbers can be allowed as TeX will read @pinnegar2020 as a control
> sequence followed by 4 digits.
So Knuth did not think of numbers? If I remember, "control sequence" is
"command"
for Lamport's LaTeX.