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Date:         Mon, 19 Feb 90 18:43:00 PST
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From: DHOSEK@HMCVAX.bitnet
Subject:      Preventing catcode problems in macro arguments
To: Rainer Schoepf <BK4@DHDURZ1.uucp>
Status: R
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I suspect the difference between the LaTeX \footnote and plain
TeX \footnote with respect to catcode difficulties is a
conscious one. As noted previously, it is possible to avoid these
problems, but only with great difficulty. Now supposing that we
arrange things so that every LaTeX built-in command can accept
\verb and Levy's Greek in its arguments. What then do we say to
the user when he asks why \mycommand{\verb+\Foo+} doesn't work?
But it would be nice to modify at least sectioning, footnotes,
marginpars, and captions to allow this and note in the
documentation that they are special cases.

-dh