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From: yxoc@fb14vax.cs.uni-sb.de (Ralf Treinen)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Redefining a macro in terms of itself
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Date: 16 Jan 91 19:23:23 GMT
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From article <16221@chopin.udel.edu>, by anita@chopin.udel.edu (Anita Marie Hoover):
> In article <1991Jan15.061451@bcat1.prime.com> kjg@s49.prime.com writes:
>>
>>   While trying to create a private LaTeX style file, I stumbled while attempting
>>to redefine \tableofcontents and \marginpar in terms of themselves. This is what
>>my intention is:
>>
>>PSEUDOCODE
>>
>>\renewcommand{\tableofcontents}{\parskip 0in \tableofcontents}

You may also use the following TeXnical trick:

\let\TMP\tableofcontents
\renewcommand{\tableofcontents}{\parskip 0in \TMP}

Take care, this will redefine \TMP without any warning.

Ralf.

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