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From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
Cc: ConTeXT Mailing List <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Clean way of doing certain kind of outline?
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 09:10:21 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20010307091021.0134b210@server-1> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3AA5D0DB.3050601@pobox.com>

At 07:10 AM 3/7/01 +0100, Berend de Boer wrote:
>James Ramsey wrote:
>
>
>> BTW, how do I define a macro with an *optional*
>> argument in brackets (not just a mandatory argument in
>> brackets--I know how to do that).
>
>\def\mymacro%
>   {\dosingleempty\domymacro}
>
>\def\domymacro[#1]%
>   {My optional #1 argument}

there is also an associated test:  

\def\domymacro[#1]%
  {\iffirstargument
      No argument
   \else
      Berends optional #1 argument
   \fi}

Hans
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  reply	other threads:[~2001-03-07  8:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20010306222412.6125.qmail@web10710.mail.yahoo.com>
2001-03-07  6:10 ` Berend de Boer
2001-03-07  8:10   ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2001-03-07 18:37     ` James Ramsey
2001-03-08  7:58       ` Hans Hagen
2001-03-08 16:23         ` James Ramsey
2001-03-08 17:01           ` Hans Hagen
2001-03-09  1:47             ` James Ramsey
2001-03-09  8:00               ` Hans Hagen
2001-03-06  2:02 James Ramsey

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