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Defining a dimension with or without @
If I am writing a TeX package (as one can find such on CTAN), there are following approaches to define a new dimension length that should be changeable by a user of that package.
Approach A: Define ...
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Choice keys and exception handling
Recently, I switched a self-written "bundle package" from using xkeyval to keyreader. One reason for this, beside the backward compatibility, was that the definition of keys is more convenient in ...
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What does \z@ do?
in parcolumns it has \z@ all over the space. I don't see it define it anywhere so I assume it is some internal command or something? I can't really make heads or tails of it though and I can't really ...
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Where do I start LaTeX programming?
I'm interested in writing packages for TeX/LaTeX/XeLaTeX. I googled around, but all I found was guides or tutorials about how to prepare documents using LaTeX. I want to know how LaTeX works and how ...
