Hi, \unexpanded\def\usealignparameter#1% faster local variant {\edef\m_spac_align{#1\c!align}% - \ifx\m_spac_align\else + \ifx\m_spac_align\empty\else \expandafter\let\expandafter\raggedcommand\csname\??alignmentnormalcache\m_spac_align\endcsname \ifx\raggedcommand\relax \spac_align_add_to_cache\m_spac_align \else \expandafter\let\expandafter\updateraggedskips\csname\??alignmentraggedcache\m_spac_align\endcsname \fi \raggedcommand \fi} Wolfgang