Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!me!ecf!apollo
From: apollo@ecf.toronto.edu (Vince Pugliese)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: def numbering in LaTeX
Keywords: uniqueness
Message-ID: <838@mv03.ecf.toronto.edu>
Date: 20 Apr 89 14:05:46 GMT
Organization: Engineering Computing Facility, University of Toronto
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 i was wondering if it is possible to make def's unique by simply
 appending a number to the macro definition, e.g.
                \def\dummy_macro{..... 
                 \def\dummy_macro2{......

   LaTeX  does not seem to like the second def when it used  in the
   body of the text arguing that the definition of  dummy_macro2 does
   not exist. any suggestions or ideas?
                                        thanks
                                         vince