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LaTeX: Why are digits allowed in environments, but forbidden in commands?
Why are some characters not allowed in command sequencesWhy does LaTeX make a distinction between commands and environments?Do all starred commands have anything in common?Why are some characters not allowed in command sequencesSuggestions for an automatic taxonomy environmentUse a character other than the backslash for commandsWhy are LaTeX macros so inconsistent?Are end… macro names reserved in LaTeX2e?Can't use command with square brackets in matrix environmentHow to control conditional statements within new commands and environmentsCreating Commands which Make New Environments
Finding out that I can have an environment named env2, but no command cmd2, I read Why are some characters not allowed in command sequences, but still I wonder:
Why are digits allowed in environments, but forbidden in commands? In my understanding digits delimit command names (inherited from plain TeX), but why doesn't that restriction apply to environments? Wouldn't it have been more consistent to forbid digits in environment names as well?
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Finding out that I can have an environment named env2, but no command cmd2, I read Why are some characters not allowed in command sequences, but still I wonder:
Why are digits allowed in environments, but forbidden in commands? In my understanding digits delimit command names (inherited from plain TeX), but why doesn't that restriction apply to environments? Wouldn't it have been more consistent to forbid digits in environment names as well?
macros environments
asked 1 min ago
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Finding out that I can have an environment named env2, but no command cmd2, I read Why are some characters not allowed in command sequences, but still I wonder:
Why are digits allowed in environments, but forbidden in commands? In my understanding digits delimit command names (inherited from plain TeX), but why doesn't that restriction apply to environments? Wouldn't it have been more consistent to forbid digits in environment names as well?
macros environments
asked 1 min ago
U. WindlU. Windl
1477
Finding out that I can have an environment named env2, but no command cmd2, I read Why are some characters not allowed in command sequences, but still I wonder:
Why are digits allowed in environments, but forbidden in commands? In my understanding digits delimit command names (inherited from plain TeX), but why doesn't that restriction apply to environments? Wouldn't it have been more consistent to forbid digits in environment names as well?
macros environments
macros environments
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U. WindlU. Windl
1477
asked 1 min ago
U. WindlU. Windl
1477
asked 1 min ago
U. WindlU. Windl
1477
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U. WindlU. Windl
1477
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U. WindlU. Windl
1477
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