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authorHans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>2018-05-24 17:32:43 +0200
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@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ immediate command.
\clearmarks <16-bit number>
\stopsyntax
-\subsection{\type{\letcharcode}}
+\subsection{\lpr {letcharcode}}
This primitive can be used to assign a meaning to an active character, as in:
@@ -876,6 +876,17 @@ This primitive can be used to assign a meaning to an active character, as in:
This can be a bit nicer than using the uppercase tricks (using the property of
\prm {uppercase} that it treats active characters special).
+\subsection{\lpr {glet}}
+
+This primitive is similar to:
+
+\starttyping
+\protected\def\glet{\global\let}
+\stoptyping
+
+but faster (only measurable with millions of calls) and probably more convenient
+(after all we also have \type {\gdef}).
+
\section{Boxes, rules and leaders}
\subsection{\lpr {outputbox}}