On Thursday 26 March 2009 10:51:59 am Dominik Waßenhoven wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: > > On Thursday 26 March 2009 09:15:25 am Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > >> \newcommand*{\OriginalQuotation}{} > >> \let\OriginalQuotation\quotation > >> \renewcommand*{\quotation}{\OriginalQuotation\small} > > > > What's the purpose of \newcommand*{\OriginalQuotation}{}? I've always > > done the \let statements without first declaring them as a new command. > > Do you gain anything by predeclaring them? > > If \OriginalQuotation is already defined, you get an error message, so > you cannot inadvertently override an existing command.
That makes sense. Thanks SteveT