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From: tas@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Tas van.Ommen)
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Subject: \makeatletter  \makeatother    what do they do?
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Date: 18 Jun 91 22:33:17 GMT
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Maybe this is a novice question but I can't find these control sequences
in either Knuth or Lamport.  What do the commands \makeatletter and      
\makeatother do?

Tas van Ommen                  email:  tas@physvax.phys.utas.edu.au