Andre Poenitz wrote: > > Further questions: 1. is the '*' needed in '\newcommand*'. Omitting > > it appears to have no effect. What does it do? > > Allow arguments that span multiple paragraphs? Not sure.
Yes. \newcommand corresponds to TeX's \long\def, while \newcommand* corresponds to \def. \long allows the argument to contain \par's, i.e. multiple paragraphs. J�rgen.
