From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
Subject: Re: Re: Typing in new command problems
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 18:37:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.1.20030923183430.020f7ec8@server-1> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2fzintw0k.fsf@levana.de>
At 16:33 23/09/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>Don't mess with verbatim stuff in commands. Don't ask why, just don't
>do it ;-)
use buffers instead
has to do with tex collapsing spaces into one, lineendings being spaces,
active characters etc
>And: TeX != C. Don't write C-like TeX-braces:
>
>{
> \this
> {
> \that
> {
>
>This will give you a hard time looking for unwanted spaces.
\unprotect
\def\beginmacro{\catcode`\^^M=\@@ignore}
\def\endmacro {\catcode`\^^M=\@@endofline}
\protect
\beginmacro
\def\patrickneedsatexchallengeeachday#1
{Does he?
(#1)
Why's That?}
\endmacro
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-09-23 16:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-09-23 14:00 ^Nitram^
2003-09-23 14:33 ` Patrick Gundlach
2003-09-23 16:37 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2003-09-23 16:56 ` Patrick Gundlach
2003-09-23 21:28 ` Hans Hagen
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