[OS X TeX] box in forms

[Will Robertson]

On 16 Jan 2005, at 11:21 AM, Alain Schremmer wrote:

> I tried it and I am overwhelmed. At the risk of appearing ungrateful, 
> though, I think that, at least for the time being, I prefer the other 
> solution because it does not depend on \newcommand which I am afraid 
> of while the other solution is completely local and context-free.

It's only scary if what's inside is incomprehensible :)
Remember, a \newcommand defines a command (obviously :) ) whose 
definition is used as the *replacement* where-ever it occurs in your 
text.

Surely something like the following makes perfect sense?

    \newcommand\schremmer{\textsc{Alain Schremmer}}
    This is a sample sentence for the education of \schremmer{}.

This is exactly the same as writing:

    This is a sample sentence for the education of \textsc{Alain 
Schremmer}.

But there is the advantage that if you want to change the way you 
typeset your name (to italics, say), you only need to change the one 
definition at the beginning of the document.

There are more complex situations when you define commands with 
arguments, but that's a lesson for another day :)

Have fun!
Will

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