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In my template I test for chapter defined to prevent that code section only valid for a chapter class are executed. However if I load titlesec chapter is always defined regardless of the class in use.

So how can I make \chapter undefined after the execution of titlesec?

So far I tried this which did not work:

 \ifcsdef{chapter}{%
   \usepackage{titlesec}%
   % make chapter undefined again
   \let\chapter\relax%
 }{
   \usepackage{titlesec}%
 }

What happens if you \let\chapter\UnDeFiNED instead of \relax? — Marco, Oct 15 '12 at 20:02
\undef\chapter seems to work with etoolbox package. Test case:Chapter is \ifcsdef{chapter}{defined}{undefined}. And @Marco's suggestion also works. — Peter Grill, Oct 15 '12 at 20:05

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 15 '12 at 20:12

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Instead of setting \chapter to \relax, you can set it to an undefined sequence:

\let\chapter\undefined

answered Oct 15 '12 at 20:12

Marco

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I use now \undef\chapter instead, but both work. – Matthias Pospiech Oct 15 '12 at 20:14
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@MatthiasPospiech \undef\chapter does a similar thing, precisely \let\chapter\etb@undefined. – egreg Oct 15 '12 at 20:25

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 15 '12 at 22:13

The following should do the trick, it keeps the definition of \chapter (defined or undefined) that was active before package titlesec is loaded:

\makeatletter
\@ifdefinable{\saved@chapter}{%
  \let\saved@chapter\chapter
  \usepackage{titlesec}%
  \let\chapter\saved@chapter
}
\makeatother

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