README for the `ifnextok' package variant of \@ifnextchar not skipping spaces (C) Uwe Lueck 2011/06/02 `ifnextok' deals with the behavior of LaTeX's internal `\@ifnextchar' to skip blank spaces. This sometimes has surprising or for some users really unwanted effects, especially with brackets following `\\' when the user does not intend to specify an optional argument, rather wants that brackets are printed. The package offers commands and options for modifying this behavior, maybe limited to certain parts of the document source. A general method the package offers is \usepackage[stdbreaks]{ifnextok} so in "standard" circumstances `\\ [' prints a bracket in a new line. `\MakeNotSkipping{} modifies so it executes when followed by a space token. KEYWORDS: macro programming, optional command arguments, manual line breaks, humanities RELATED PACKAGES: amsmath, mathtools The package file `ifnextok.sty' and the documentation files `ifnextok.pdf' and `ifnextok.tex' can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public License; either version 1.3c of the License, or any later version, see http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt We did our best to help you, but there is NO WARRANTY. The `ifnextok' package is author-maintained in the sense of this license. The latest public version of the package is available at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ifnextok/ A TDS version `ifnextok.tds.zip' is available at http://mirror.ctan.org/install/macros/latex/contrib/ Please report bugs, problems, and suggestions via http://www.contact-ednotes.sty.de.vu