Frank Mittelbach <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Torsten Bronger writes: > no that would be wrong, \relax generates a mathord and this is precisely > why you can't define commands in TeX to go > > \relax\iffmode... Huh? \relax doesn't generate a mathord (you are jumping to {} I think) > as this messes up spacing. It does mess up spacing in TEXT mode, by interfering with ligatures and kerning. (as you well know.) Donald Arseneau [log in to unmask]