On 02/08/2012 16:58, Joel C. Salomon wrote: > "\some_function_with_a_very_long_name:nnnnn" <first argument> > <second argument> <third argument> <fourth argument> <fifth argument> Not related to the issue, but in general we've favoured \cs{some_function} \Arg{with an argument} (Looking long-term, I think this might be better to avoid active characters, while \cs... offers more possibilities than just 'verbatim' when consdiering format conversions.) -- Joseph Wright