Re: I can't change startitemize[n]--> startitemize[1]

[luigi scarso <luigi.scarso@gmail.com>]

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On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu> wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, luigi scarso wrote:
>
>  On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
>>
>>  Xan wrote:
>>>
>>>  Really, I did not know that. It's a messy thing that we could not define
>>>
>>>> what we like ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> it's the nature of a tex macro package; ok, i can add some strict testing
>>> for in in mkiv but even then it might just be that someone who knows th
>>> einternals (like wolfgang or wolfgang or wolfgang) wants to overload
>>> something built in by something better
>>>
>>>  why not discipline ?
>>
>> I mean something like
>> 0) context macro are ok
>> 1) \usemodule[foo] are ok (no collision with macros in 0)
>> 2) define your macros inside
>> \startPrivate[namespace]
>> ...
>> \stopPrivate
>> 3) explicit  redefinition of macros in 0,1
>>
>> by 3) should be no collision between 0,1,2
>>
>

>
> I think an easier thing to do will be to follow latex's style of
> \newcommand and \renewcommand. That is, all \definecommands should check if
> the macro is previously defined or not. If it is defined, issue a warning or
> an error. And maybe have some hook to disable the warning/error for those
> who know what they are doing.
>
yes, it's equivalent




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luigi

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