[texhax] Obsolete \centerline command used in amsbook class (Uwe L?ck)

Uwe Lück uwe.lueck at web.de
Wed Sep 26 07:25:13 CEST 2012


Am Montag, den 24.09.2012, 20:02 +0200 schrieb Uwe Lück:
> Am Montag, den 24.09.2012, 18:24 +0200 schrieb Ulrike Fischer:
> > Am Sun, 23 Sep 2012 13:36:13 -0400 schrieb Michael Barr:
> > 
> > > But undefining a tex (not plaintex, but actual tex) primitive 
> > > such as \over is inexcusable. 
> > 
> > Well LaTeX itself redefines the primitive \input, so LaTeX itself is
> > inexcusable ;-). 
> 
> Great! Little improvement: LaTeX's three most essential "commands" 
> may be \documentclass, \begin, and \end. The last one redefines 
> TeX's perhaps most essential primitive (unless you want to run 
> TeX as a kind of demon).

Unfortunately, better: LaTeX's 4 most essential macros may be
\documentclass, \begin, \document, \end. The last one replaces 
TeX's most essential primitive ... (the latter survives as \@@end,
called by LaTeX's \stop)

Cheers, 

    Uwe.





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