[tex-k] LaTeX question

[Reinhard Kotucha]

>>>>> "Tomasz" == Tomasz Grzegorczyk <tomasz@ewt.mit.edu> writes:

    > I am trying to define a new command with \def\name #1
    > {\gdef\@name {#1}} This works perfectly well if, in the source
    > file, there is something like: \name{George} However, it fails
    > if the entry contains a special character, such as:
    > \name{Ge\'orge}

This works perfectly for me:

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\documentclass{article}
\makeatletter
\def\name #1 {\gdef\@name {#1}}
\begin{document}
\name{Ge\'orge}
\@name
\end{document}
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Reinhard

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