Questions tagged [protected-macro]
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Questions about `\cs_new:…` and friends and their TeX relatives regarding global, local, long, nopar, protected, expandable and naming
This question is two-fold. Unfortunately, one side is opinionated, i.e. something to close-vote, so I put that part at the end and hope no one notices... The other side (coming first) are serious ...
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votes
3answers
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\input{} inside \chemfig{}
I'm likely ignoring something fundamental here and was hoping for some hints. Please see the inset mwe.
Towards having a library of chemfig symbols, I see value in being able to point to a ...
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votes
1answer
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Use of \noexpand in the implementation of \TextOrMath for eTeX
In latexrelease 2015/01/01, there are two implementations of \TextOrMath: one for regular
TeX, the other one for eTeX-like engines (more precisely: those which support \protected). My question ...
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votes
1answer
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How to change zero to dotted zero in an enumitem label?
MWE
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{book}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\makeatletter
\protected\def\pmzerodot{%
\nfss@text{%
\sbox0{...
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Protect fragile variable in file path. Case of \ifthenelse in \includegraphics{}
In this script:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{ifthen}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\newcommand{\myfigure}[1]{% ...
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votes
2answers
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What is the difference between \unexpanded and \protected in ConTeXt?
EDIT: It turns out that \unexpanded in ConTeXt is different from \unexpanded in ε-TeX, so the earlier description doesn't apply. I'll update the question accordingly.
From the ε-TeX manual:
...
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vote
1answer
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authblk with protected commands and pdflatex
When trying to use this answer to add a linked image to an author with the authblk package, somehow all the following text is shifted, with pdfLaTeX:
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{scalerel}
\...
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vote
1answer
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passing a parameter to nested macro inside caption
I'm having a really hard time understanding this error in a massive document. I took the time to work out a "minimal example", so I could post the error with precision. Please, when trying to answer, ...
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0answers
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Extra White Space after iftenelse in Title [duplicate]
To begin, here is a MWE:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{subfig}
\usepackage{ifthen}
\begin{document}
\newcommand{\titlename}[1]
{
\ifthenelse{\...
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votes
0answers
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Automatically `\protect` arguments sent to existing command
Say you are using titlecaps and you have the following code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{titlecaps}
\begin{document}
\def\makemytitle#1{{\Large \titlecap{#1}}}
\makemytitle{The lazy fox ...
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vote
1answer
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\protect vs \texorpdfstring in description lists' keys
I'm referring to chapters and sections in a description list. I want the link to include the chapter or section part as well.
I found two options to achieve this: use \protect or use \texorpdfstring. ...
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votes
1answer
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New command within glossaries ›first‹ needs to be protected?
Consider following MWE
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{xspace}
\makeatletter
\newcommand\BC{\,v.\,Chr\@ifnextchar.{}{.\relax\@\xspace}}
\newcommand\AD{\,n.\,Chr\@ifnextchar.{}{.\relax\@\xspace}}
...
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votes
0answers
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Write fully expanded macros to auxiliary files
Considering the following code snippet:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xparse}
% \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\NewDocumentCommand{\edeftest}{m}{\edef\test{#1}#1}
\...
9
votes
1answer
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Moving arguments and \protect: coming to grips with the definitions
I'm trying to understand the precise semantics of \protect as described in the beginning of section 11.4 Robust commands and protect of the source2e document, the annotated source code of the LaTeX2e ...
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votes
1answer
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How to unprotect a command to expand it?
This is another question about protection and expansion, that I still don't understand well… (and I guess this is my problem here). I read especially How do I "unprotect" an argument?, and ...
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vote
1answer
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Correct way to compare macro definitions that contain protected macros, e.g., bibnamedelima
I'm trying to compare the content of \partnamefamily of an author's name in biblatex against a manual definition that is stored in another macro, lets call it \family, using \ifdefequal.
So, I have
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