Re: \stopbuffer in macro

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

I once made the option

   \usememorybuffers

but i'm not sure if it does the same

====

Taco Hoekwater wrote:

> This should help:
> 
>   \def\startLST[#1]%
>     {\def\stopLST{End of #1}%
>      \dostartbuffer[LST][startLST][stopLST]}
> 
> This is almost the same as:
> 
>    \definebuffer[LST]
>    \def\stopLST{End of LST}
> 
> Except that it is a little bit more low-level and thereby allows
> an argument to \startLST. Using a local definition if \stopLST
> is another trick, to lift the argument to the end of the buffer.
> 
> A less sophisticated  but clearer approach is:
> 
>    \def\startLST[#1]%
>     {\def\LSTArgs{#1}%
>      \dostartbuffer[LST][startLST][stopLST]}
> 
>    \def\stopLST{End of \LSTArgs}
> 
> Full example:
> 
>   \def\startLST[#1]%
>     {\def\stopLST{End of #1}%
>      \dostartbuffer[LST][startLST][stopLST]}
> 
>   \starttext
>   \startLST[whatever]
>   bla bla
>   \stopLST
>   alb alb
>   \stoptext
> 
> You'll have to fill in the commands etc. yourself of course.
> 
> Greetings, Taco
> 
> Peter Münster wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 31 May 2005, Hans Hagen wrote:
>>
>>
>>> \definebuffer[crap]
>>>
>>> \setupbuffer[crap][before=\blank\bgroup here we start,after=and here 
>>> we end\egroup\blank]
>>
>>
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> Hello Hans and Taco,
>> thank you for your hints, but I think, I did not explain my question well
>> enough...
>> I fact, all I need is to know, how I could write some verbatim text 
>> between
>> 2 commands (\startXXX...\stopXXX) into a file, but with my own macros.
>> Here an example in detail:
>>
>> \newcount\LSTnum
>> \newwrite\LSTfile
>> \def\LSTfileprefix{\jobname-LST\LSTnum}
>>
>> \def\startLST[#1]#2\stopLST{%
>>   \immediate\openout\LSTfile=\LSTfileprefix.tmp
>>   \immediate\write\LSTfile{#2}%  Here I seek a solution for verbatim 
>> text!
>>   \immediate\closeout\LSTfile
>>   \immediate\write18{createListing.sh \LSTfileprefix #1}% #1 is for 
>> \lstset
>>   \externalfigure[\LSTfileprefix]
>>   \advance\LSTnum by 1
>> }
>>
>> and then, the user types only:
>>
>> \startLST[language=C]
>> main()
>> {
>>     return 0;
>> }
>> \stopLST
>>
>> It's already possible to do this with some further macros (\finishLST 
>> after
>> \stopLST for example), but I prefer only one \start/\stop pair.
>>
>> Greetings, Peter
>>
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