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From: Henning Hraban Ramm <hraban@fiee.net>
Subject: Re: back to the roots: command vs switch
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 23:27:09 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CEC29DE0-A728-4C13-A5FC-1CA695772AD8@fiee.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8548da8ec037ea569a9e48287d9e536d@di.unito.it>

Am 2006-10-12 um 10:42 schrieb andrea valle:

> I'm taking a long tour in the wiki (congrats for the work).
> It has reminded me that I don't know what's the difference between
> command and switch.
> Can anyone bring me to the light?

\command{the command works with its parameter(s)}

{\switch the switch influences everything in its group}

e.g. \em is a switch, \quotation is a command


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2006-10-12  8:42 andrea valle
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