[texhax] \output{...} vs \output={...}

[Peter Seibel]

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Uwe Lueck <uwe.lueck at web.de> wrote:
> Peter Seibel <peter at gigamonkeys.com> schrieb am 23.05.2009 08:09:41:
>> In some places in the TeXBook (e.g. top of page 364) I see things like
>>
>>   \output={\plainoutput}
>>
>> where \plainoutput is a macro defined with \def. Then in Appendex E
>> (p. 417) I see:
>>
>>   \output{\onepageout{\unvbox255}}
>>
>> without an '='. What's the difference?
>
> None.
>
> Or better: the '='.
>
> Or see TeXbook p. 275 on '<equals>': "in all cases this sign is optional".

Cool. Thanks.

-Peter

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