Typing in new command problems

Typing in new command problems

[^Nitram^]

Hi,

I try to define new command with typing in this way:
\def\Command#1%
{
 \framed[options]
 {
  \starttyping
  #1
  \stoptyping
 }
}
and use it in this way:
\Command{\getbuffer[name]}
but I have an error:
! Argument of \copyverbatimline has an extra }.

If I change to \def\Command#1#2%
I have:
! Paragraph ended before \Command was complete.

How I can do it - put ConTeXt code to own frame ?...

-- 
Best regards
Martin

Re: Typing in new command problems

[Patrick Gundlach]

"^Nitram^" <nitram@emil.teleton.pl> writes:

Hi,

> I try to define new command with typing in this way:
> \def\Command#1%
> {
>  \framed[options]
>  {
>   \starttyping
>   #1
>   \stoptyping
>  }
> }

Don't mess with verbatim stuff in commands. Don't ask why, just don't
do it ;-)


And: TeX != C. Don't write C-like TeX-braces: 

{
 \this
  {
  \that
   {

This will give you a hard time looking for unwanted spaces.

Use % or better: write 

\def\Command#1%
     {\framed[...]%


> How I can do it - put ConTeXt code to own frame ?...

\definetyping
   [nitram]
   [before=\startframedtext,
    after=\stopframedtext]
\starttext
\startnitram
crazy
\stopnitram
\stoptext


Patrick
-- 
Silent is the goldfish in its bowl

Re: Re: Typing in new command problems

[Hans Hagen]

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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Re: Typing in new command problems

[Patrick Gundlach]

Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> writes:

Hello Hans,

> \unprotect
>
> \def\beginmacro{\catcode`\^^M=\@@ignore}
> \def\endmacro  {\catcode`\^^M=\@@endofline}
>
> \protect
>
> \beginmacro
>
> \def\patrickneedsatexchallengeeachday#1
>    {Does he?
>     (#1)
>     Why's That?}
>
> \endmacro

without trying it, I guess it will write 
"Does he?(...)Why's That"

hmm, I'll try....... Yes :)

OK, ready for the next challenge :)


Patrick

(Perhaps I *do* have built TeX into my brain one day)

Re: Typing in new command problems

[Hans Hagen]

At 16:00 23/09/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I try to define new command with typing in this way:
>\def\Command#1%
>{
>  \framed[options]
>  {
>   \starttyping
>   #1
>   \stoptyping
>  }
>}
>and use it in this way:
>\Command{\getbuffer[name]}
>but I have an error:
>! Argument of \copyverbatimline has an extra }.
>
>If I change to \def\Command#1#2%
>I have:
>! Paragraph ended before \Command was complete.
>
>How I can do it - put ConTeXt code to own frame ?...

definetyping
   [MyCode]
   [before=\startMyFrame,
    after=\stopMyFrame]

\defineframedtext
   [MyFrame]
   [width=fit]

\startMyCode
\Command{\getbuffer[name]}
\stopMyCode

(btw, this kind of framed texts knwo quite well how to get rid of white space)

Hans
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                       Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands
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Re: Typing in new command problems

[^Nitram^]

Hi,

> > Is it impossible?
> Is this a real question?

No ;) But the real should be '... for newbie' :)

[cut]

Thank you very much. I did it in this way:

\defineframedtext[Frame][width=broad,bodyfont=9pt,align=right] 
%but align is a little strange = see new post Aligment?

\def\Command#1#2
{\setuptyping[before=\startFrame,after=\stopFrame]
\setupTABLE[frame=off]\bTABLE\bTR\bTD[width=.2\textwidth,align=left]
%align again
\bfx #2\eTD\bTD \typebuffer[#1] \eTD\eTR\eTABLE
\setuptyping[before=,after=]}

And now it is what I want ;) Probably there is another way to do this
but I'm in ConTeXt since 1-2 months ;)

-- 
Best regards
Martin