Re: Blocks in a macro?

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Michal Kvasnicka wrote:
> Good evening.
> 
> How can I include \begin<block> ... \end<block> into a macro?
> 
> I have defined:
>    \defineblock[question]
>    \defineblock[answer]
>    \defineenumeration[question][location=serried, coupling=answer]
>    \defineenumeration[answer][location=serried, coupling=answer]
>    \hideblocks[answer]
> I'd like to simplify my code from
>    \beginquestion \startquestion question ... \stopquestion \endquestion
>    \beginanswer \answer answer ... \par  \endanswer
> to
>    \q{question ...}{answer ...}
> \q begin something like this:
>    \def\q{%
>       \beginquestion \question #1\par \endquestion
>        \beginanswer \answer #2\par  \endanswer
>    }
> 
> But no question/anwer is written into .tub file (only the beginning/end 
> of those blocks).

you can't do that since buffer and block code works on the main input stream 
directly (catcode trickery and such)

but you can hook things into blocks (before/after keys)

   \setupblock[question][before=\startquestion,after=\stopquestion]

should work (i'm crossing my fingers now)

Hans


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