[texhax] problem with a defined command

[Philip Taylor]

Victor Ivrii wrote:

> But more than this: then the author writes an abstract using these
> macros, then goes somewhere to give a talk and sends this abstract
> (which does not contain definitions) and the announcement contains lots
> of \eeq, \beq, \ups, \eps, \alp, 
> 
> I really want to tell the speaker: \smek! \wthis? your abstract is pure
> \drek!

Why would any author with even a vestege of sense submit an abstract
relying on macro definitions that were not included ?

Philip Taylor