R: [texhax] \newcommand

[Philip G. Ratcliffe]

> There are two differences, not one. The first is that the above
> uses the TeX primitive \def rather than the LaTeX \newcommand.
> The second is that I use (#1,#2), not {#1}{#2}. The latter does
> not work with \def. I don't know why.

Aha!  But you're not allowed to write

  \def\csname{#1}{#2}{definition}

For rather obvioius reasons: TeX thinks {#1} is the definition and in any
case the {} is would be totally superfluous here.

Cheers,  Phil