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The discussion of macros begins with a general overview of how a meaning can be assigned to a control sequence. A control sequence is not necessarily a macro; it can also be a primitive, an instruction to change the current font, the name of a register, and so forth.
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von Bechtolsheim, S. (1993). Macros. In: TEX in Practice. Monographs in Visual Communication. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2724-3_4
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