2006/10/10, Hans Hagen : > > Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > > > I changed the macro to a (for mee) more readable form. > i changed your first patch to an 'alternative c' option with split up > macro's directiuon is reserved for directional typesetting > > > > > > > > > > > \doifelse\@@ipdirection\v!horizontal\docombinepageshorizontal\docombinepagesvertical#1 > > % watch the #1 ;-) > > > > > see patch i sent you; we can avoid the #1 ; will be in the next beta > > also imagine that #1 is blabla and not a \cs ... in sich cases you really > need {#1} > > so: ...[alternative=a|b|c|horizontal|vertical] > > Hans Hi Hans, if I look at your it seems to me alternative=horizontal|vertical will be similiar to alternative=b and not horizontal==a and vertical==c as I thought. You're right about the #1 but this is my method of lerning of TeX. Help other people and try to understand how things work. Wolfgang