[pdftex] pgf and tikz

Robin Fairbairns Robin.Fairbairns at cl.cam.ac.uk
Sun Apr 9 10:37:22 CEST 2006


Bob Howlett wrote:
> Geoff Russell wrote:
> > Runaway definition?
> > #1->\expandafter
> > ! Forbidden control sequence found while scanning definition of \pgfdeclarelayer.
> > <inserted text>
> >         }
> >         <to be read again>
> >                           \newbox
> > l.20   \expandafter\newbox
> >                           \csname pgf at layerbox@#1\endcsname%
> > 
> >
> 
> This was because \newbox is defined to be \outer in plain.

ctan:macros/plain/contrib/misc/unouter.tex

removes the outer flags on those things.  may be worth giving it a
try.

(i don't think it's in any distribution.)

r


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