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fontenc
package
\DeclareFontEncoding
\DeclareTextAccent
\DeclareTextAccentDefault
\DeclareTextCommand
& \ProvideTextCommand
\DeclareTextCommandDefault
& \ProvideTextCommandDefault
\DeclareTextComposite
\DeclareTextCompositeCommand
\DeclareTextSymbol
\DeclareTextSymbolDefault
\LastDeclaredEncoding
\UseTextSymbol
& \UseTextAccent
abstract
array
center
description
displaymath
document
enumerate
eqnarray
equation
figure
filecontents
flushleft
flushright
itemize
letter
environment: writing letterslist
math
minipage
picture
quotation
& quote
tabbing
table
tabular
thebibliography
theorem
titlepage
verbatim
verse
\newcommand
& \renewcommand
\providecommand
\makeatletter
& \makeatother
\@ifstar
\newcounter
: Allocating a counter\newlength
\newsavebox
\newenvironment
& \renewenvironment
\newtheorem
\newfont
\protect
\ignorespaces & \ignorespacesafterend
xspace
package\AtBeginDvi
& \AtEndDvi
\AtEndOfClass
& \AtEndOfPackage
\CheckCommand
\ClassError
and \PackageError
and other messages\CurrentOption
\DeclareOption
\DeclareRobustCommand
\ExecuteOptions
\IfFileExists
& \InputIfFileExists
\LoadClass
& \LoadClassWithOptions
\NeedsTeXFormat
\OptionNotUsed
\PassOptionsToClass
& \PassOptionsToPackage
\ProcessOptions
\ProvidesClass
& \ProvidesPackage
\ProvidesFile
\RequirePackage
& \RequirePackageWithOptions
\enspace
& \quad
& \qquad
\hspace
\hfill
\hss
\spacefactor
\
~
, \nobreakspace
\thinspace
& \negthinspace
\/
\hrulefill
& \dotfill
\bigskip
& \medskip
& \smallskip
\bigbreak
& \medbreak
& \smallbreak
\strut
\vspace
\vfill
\addvspace