On 4/29/24 19:32, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context schrieb am 29.04.2024 um 18:21: >> Is \protected the same as \unexpanded? > > Yes they are the same (\protected is the primitive and \unexpanded is a > copy) but this wasn't always the case. > > Original TeX didn't provide a mechanism to create protected commands > and creators of macro packages had to create their own mechanism for > this, the ConTeXt solution was \unexpanded. With the etex extensions > the \protected primitive was added and \unexpanded uses the new > primitive when you used a engine which supported it.
Many thanks for your fast reply and your explanation, Wolfgang. Pablo ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
