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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Jim Diamond wrote:
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I might agree. But I think anything with \expandafter\noexpand ups
the lack of clarity considerably.
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<span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span>:-)</span></span> In which case I fear that you would think that an \afterassignment which launches an \aftergroup is also not entirely transparent ...<br>
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\afterassignment \afterimagehacks</p>
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<blockquote type="cite">\imagebox \logobox = \hbox {\XeTeXpdffile ../../Logos/PT-Logo.pdf height \imageheight}
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\imagebox \flagbox = \hbox {\XeTeXpdffile ../../Flags/St-Piran.pdf height \imageheight}<br>
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<i>Philip Taylor</i><br>
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