Re: side figure and typing

[Hans Hagen Outside <pragma@wxs.nl>]

jimarin@bayesinf.com wrote:

>Hi all !
>
>let us imagine we have defined the following command:
>
>\def\SideFigure#1#2#3#4#5%
>  {
>    \placefigure[#1]{#2}{\externalfigure[#3][width=#4\makeupwidth]}
>    #5
>  }
>
>which can be used to put a figure aside a companion text...
>
>but, what happens if the text is to be typed... ??
>
>I guess this won't work:
>
>\SideFigure{right}{pack2}{../figures/tcltk/pack2.jpg}{0.25}
>{
>\starttyping
>pack .ok .cancel .help -side top
>\stoptyping
>}
>
>How can I make it to work?
>  
>
hm, you could just omit #5 and it would probably work

otherwise you would need to do do a multi step like:

\def\XXX#1#2#3#4%
   {\begingroup
    \obeylines\doXXX{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}}

\long\def\doXXX#1#2#3#4#5%
  {\place....[]{}{}\scantokens{#5}}

or so (untested and probably not correct) 

Hans 

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