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From: dhosek@sif.claremont.edu (Hosek, Donald A.)
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Subject: Proper LaTeX practices (was Re: bug? in verbatimfiles.sty with LaTeX)
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Date: 7 Jun 90 19:28:48 GMT
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In article <8321@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>, jenkins@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Steve Jenkins) writes...
>In article <7435@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> dhosek@sif.claremont.edu writes:
>>NONONONONONONONO. \noindent should never be used by the user.

>Hmmm....  Have to think about that one....  :-)

There are a lot of cases along these lines. I'd like to see
someone show me a case where it is reasonable for any of the
following commands to appear outside of the definition of another
command:

\noindent
\begin{center}
\large
\hspace

(there actually are a few cases for the last two, but none
otherwise).

-dh

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