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Package patchcmd:
Change the definition of an existing command.

The patchcmd package provides a command \patchcommand that can be used to add material at the beginning and/or the end of the replacement text of an existing macro. It works for macros with any number of normal arguments, including those that were defined with \DeclareRobustCommand.

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Distribution Package name
MiKTeX patchcmd
TeX Live patchcmd

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Maintainers
Michael J. Downes (no longer active on this package)
Version 1.03
License Public Domain
Related packages -none recorded-
Keywords
macro programming
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Programming in TeX > Programming structures
secondary:
Programming in TeX > Package management

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