Re: calling \begin{slide} from a new env or a macro.
"Stefan Monnier" wrote on 14 Jun 2001 18:18:15 -0400:
>
> I seem to be unable to use \begin{slide} and\end{slide} from
> a \newenvironment or a \newcommand when using powersem with the
> display option. More specifically something like:
>
> \documentclass[display]{powersem}
> \newenvironment{myslide} {\begin{slide}} {\end{slide}}
> \begin{document}
> \begin{myslide}
> hello there
> \end{myslide}
> \end{document}
>
> simply produces no output. Removing the `display' option or using `slide'
> rather than `myslide' results in the expected single-page dvi file.
>
> The same problem seems to happen with newcommand:
>
> \documentclass[display]{powersem}
> \newcommand\foo{\end{slide}\begin{slide}}
> \begin{document}
> \begin{slide}
> hello \foo there
> \end{slide}
> \end{document}
>
> only outputs a single page (which says "hello").
> Any idea what might be going on ?
Both seem to be ideosyncrasies of seminar. I get the same results
when replacing
\documentclass[display]{powersem}
by
\documentclass[slidesonly]{seminar}
I'm on the verge of taking the automatic activation of
`slidesonly' by powersem's display option out for the
first alpha version, but it'll need some more meditation
on my part ;-) .
It seemed natural enough in the beginning, but I didn't
consider all side effects...
Alan showed how to circumvent the myslide problem, for
the other one I'm at a loss also.
regards
Stephan
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Re: calling \begin{slide} from a new env or a macro.
Alan Williams wrote on Fri, 15 Jun 2001 08:32:57 +0100:
>
> Stefan> I seem to be unable to use \begin{slide} and\end{slide}
> Stefan> from a \newenvironment or a \newcommand when using
> Stefan> powersem with the display option. More specifically
> Stefan> something like:
>
> [I havent got time to check this now Im afraid, but..]
>
>
> Is this possibly a seminar problem rather than a texpower problem?
A powersem `problem' really, which will activate seminar's
slidesonly option if the display option is given.
regards
Stephan
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Re: calling \begin{slide} from a new env or a macro.
> "Alan" == Alan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Have you `registered' myslide as a slide environment, using
> \addtoslidelist{myslide} I think? Otherwise seminar will just think
> you're doing notes rather than slides. Check the seminar documentation.
Great! Indeed it solves the problem for \newenvironment.
Now, if I could find something equivalent for the \newcommand case...
Thank you,
Stefan
Re: calling \begin{slide} from a new env or a macro.
Stefan,
Stefan> I seem to be unable to use \begin{slide} and\end{slide}
Stefan> from a \newenvironment or a \newcommand when using
Stefan> powersem with the display option. More specifically
Stefan> something like:
[I havent got time to check this now Im afraid, but..]
Is this possibly a seminar problem rather than a texpower problem?
Have you `registered' myslide as a slide environment, using
\addtoslidelist{myslide} I think? Otherwise seminar will just think
you're doing notes rather than slides. Check the seminar
documentation.
regards,
Alan.
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