Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > Andre Poenitz wrote: >> > Further questions: 1. is the '*' needed in '\newcommand*'. Omitting >> > it appears to have no effect. What does it do? >> >> Allow arguments that span multiple paragraphs? Not sure. > > Yes. \newcommand corresponds to TeX's \long\def, while \newcommand* > corresponds to \def. \long allows the argument to contain \par's, i.e. > multiple paragraphs.
Thanks for the explanation. Any idea how to write a macro that can somehow pass the '*' to the underlyxing command? -- Angus
