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first argument of a single-letter backslash command to start

directly after the command, without intervening whitespace. For

compatibility this is still supported to some extent,

butwere are not going to explain the details here as this use is

butwe are not going to explain the details here as this use is

discouraged. If you get strange messages, keep this in mind.

For example

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