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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-compjobnam.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-compjobnam.html index 616e7d9ecc0..11b71fbcbae 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-compjobnam.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-compjobnam.html @@ -1,18 +1,18 @@ <head> <title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label compjobnam</title> </head><body> -<h3>Comparing the “job name”</h3> +<h3>Comparing the “job name”</h3> <p/>The token <code>\</code><code>jobname</code> amusingly produces a sequence of characters -whose category code is 12 (‘other’), regardless of what the characters +whose category code is 12 (‘other’), regardless of what the characters actually are. Since one inevitably has to compare a macro with the contents of another macro (using <code>\</code><code>ifx</code>, somewhere) one needs to create a macro whose expansion looks the same as the expansion of <code>\</code><code>jobname</code>. We find we can do this with <code>\</code><code>meaning</code>, if we strip -the “<code>\</code><code>show</code> command” prefix. +the “<code>\</code><code>show</code> command” prefix. <p/>The full command looks like: <blockquote> <pre> -\def\StripPrefix#1>{} +\def\StripPrefix#1>{} \def\jobis#1{FF\fi \def\predicate{#1}% \edef\predicate{\expandafter\StripPrefix\meaning\predicate}% @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ the “<code>\</code><code>show</code> command” prefix. </pre> </blockquote><p> -And it’s used as: +And it’s used as: <blockquote> <pre> \if\jobis{mainfile}% @@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ And it’s used as: \fi </pre> </blockquote><p> -Note that the command <code>\</code><code>StripPrefix</code> need not be defined if you’re -using LaTeX — there’s already an +Note that the command <code>\</code><code>StripPrefix</code> need not be defined if you’re +using LaTeX — there’s already an <a href="FAQ-atsigns.html">internal command</a> <code>\</code><code>strip@prefix</code> that you can use. <p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=compjobnam">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=compjobnam</a> |