Steve Litt wrote:
> 
> > \renewcommand\section{\@startsection {section}{1}{\z@}%
> >    {-3.25ex\@plus -1ex \@minus -.2ex}%
> >    {1.5ex \@plus .2ex}%
> >    {\centering\normalfont\Large\bfseries}}
> 
> Could you explain the function of the at signs (@) in the preceding code?

they belong to plain tex, where they are a like
variables in combination with other letters/
commands. remember, that plain tex is like a 
programming language.

if you really want to understand all that stuff, there is 
only one way ;-)

http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/abcde.html#texbk

Herbert

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