From: Alan Braslau via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: Alan Braslau <alan.braslau@icloud.com>
Subject: Re: How to extend an existing macro to take optional parameters?
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023 20:08:52 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230313200852.0bf47214@boo.my.domain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7b7e83ac-0e4b-ac37-c1c2-b0e715de837a@freedom.nl>
Designating "optional" parameters within [...] is a LaTeX notion.
ConTeXt handles parameters differently.
Alan
> > and I'd like to be able to extend it so that any of the following
> > can be used:
> >
> > \mycommand{aa}{bb}{cc}
> > \mycommand{aa}{bb}{cc}{dd}
> > \mycommand{aa}{bb}{cc}{dd}[ee]
> >
> > or
> >
> > \mycommand[ee]{aa}{bb}{cc}{dd} % if this is more the ConTeXt way
> >
> > where {dd} is the optional extra parameter and, if it is present,
> > then [ee] can also be optionally added (because it controls how
> > {dd} is printed).
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-12 13:24 Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context
2023-03-13 21:39 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2023-03-14 2:08 ` Alan Braslau via ntg-context [this message]
2023-03-15 1:32 ` Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context
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