Environments and shortcuts

Environments and shortcuts

[Giuseppe Bilotta]

Hello,

I know I should not be using shortcuts (they are not "official"),
but they're so usefull ... ok, here's the problem.

If I define a shortcut in an environment file, like

\startenvironment novel

\defineshortcut[color=red]

\stopenvironment

and the use \environment novel, the shortcut definition does not
work (all other definitions do, though). What might the problem
be?

--
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

Re: Environments and shortcuts

[Hans Hagen]

At 02:45 PM 6/2/01 +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I know I should not be using shortcuts (they are not "official"),
>but they're so usefull ... ok, here's the problem.
>
>If I define a shortcut in an environment file, like
>
>\startenvironment novel
>
>\defineshortcut[color=red]
>
>\stopenvironment
>
>and the use \environment novel, the shortcut definition does not
>work (all other definitions do, though). What might the problem
>be?

since < > are used in macros (\ifnum etc) they are pushed popped when
loading critical files which means that after loading the env, the < has
it's old meaning. So, you need to add 

\catcode`\<=\active

to the main file (\def\enableshortcuts{\catcode...} \enableshortcuts) 

Hans 
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Re[2]: Environments and shortcuts

[Giuseppe Bilotta]

Monday, June 04, 2001 Hans Hagen wrote:

HH> At 02:45 PM 6/2/01 +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>I know I should not be using shortcuts (they are not "official"),
>>but they're so usefull ... ok, here's the problem.
>>
>>If I define a shortcut in an environment file, like
>>
>>\startenvironment novel
>>
>>\defineshortcut[color=red]
>>
>>\stopenvironment
>>
>>and the use \environment novel, the shortcut definition does not
>>work (all other definitions do, though). What might the problem
>>be?

HH> since < > are used in macros (\ifnum etc) they are pushed popped when
HH> loading critical files which means that after loading the env, the < has
HH> it's old meaning. So, you need to add 

HH> \catcode`\<=\active

HH> to the main file (\def\enableshortcuts{\catcode...} \enableshortcuts) 

Works like a chamr, thank you.

--
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta