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<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label atvert</title>
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<h3><code>\</code><code>spacefactor</code> complaints</h3>
<p/>The errors
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! You can't use `\spacefactor' in vertical mode.
\@-&#62;\spacefactor 
                 \@m 
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or
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! You can't use `\spacefactor' in math mode.
\@-&#62;\spacefactor 
                 \@m 
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or simply
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! Improper \spacefactor.
...
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bites the LaTeX programmer who uses an internal command without taking
&#8220;precautions&#8221;.  The problem is discussed in detail in

&#8220;<a href="FAQ-atsigns.html"><code>@</code> in macro names</a>&#8221;,
together with solutions.
<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=atvert">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=atvert</a>
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