Nathan Weston wrote:
> Is there any way to create a custom style that maps to a latex command with
> more than 2 arguments?
> I'm thinking of something like Description, except the first word would become
> argument 1, the second word would become argument 2, ... the nth word would
> become argument n, and the rest of the words would become argument n+1.
> i.e. if you formatted the paragraph
> one two three rest of the paragraph
>
> in a style "Foo", it might translate to a latex command like this:
> \foo{one}{two}{three}{rest of the paragraph}
> Is this possible, or am I stuck using ERTs?
AFAIK, no. You can have "fix" leading arguments in the layout file or you
need to have different styles for the different parts, e.g.
# dinbrief's \phone has 2 args, area and number. We define an empty
# command that can be set by the Area_Code style
Preamble
\newcommand{\areacode}{}
EndPreamble
# Telefon: Vorwahl und Rufnummer sind in Dinbrief separate Argumente:
# \phone{Vorwahl}{Rufnummer}
# Vorwahl
Style Area_Code
CopyStyle DinBrief
LabelString "Vorwahl:"
LatexName "renewcommand{\areacode}" # LyX adds the argument in {}
End
# Rufnummer
Style Phone
CopyStyle DinBrief
LabelString Telefon:
LatexName phone{\areacode}
End
Feel free to file a bugreport/feature-wish with bugzilla.
My idea would be to translate the (otherwise not needed) TAB character to
an "argument separator", i.e.
"one\ttwo\tthree\trest of the paragraph"
translates to
\foo{one}{two}{three}{rest of the paragraph}
This would have the nice sideeffect, that description labels could contain
plain spaces, pressing TAB would start the description itself.
G�nter
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