On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:05:23 -0500 (EST) Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > > On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:15:34 -0500 (EST) > > Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > >> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> > >>> I have a module with a envrionment defined in the following way: > >>> > >>> \def\startFOO#1\stopFOO{...#1...} > >>> > >>> > >>> I try currently to write a command \defineFOO[MYFOO] that expands to my > >>> already created environment. > >>> > >>> \startMYFOO#1\stopMYFOO -> \startFOO#1\stopFOO > >>> > >>> > >>> I know it is possible to make this in the following way: > >>> > >>> \def\startMYFOO#1\stopMYFOO{\startFOO#1\stopFOO} > >>> > >>> but this not what I want. > >> > >> Something like this > >> > >> \def\defineFOO[#1]% > >> {\setvalue{\c!start#1}{\startFOO} > >> \setvalue{\c!stop#1} {\stopFOO}} > >> > > > > Hi Aditya, > > > > > > this can only be used if you define your environment in this way: > > > > \def\startFOO{...} > > \def\stopFoo{...} > > > > > > I defined my environment in this way: > > > > \def\startFOO#1\stopFOO{...} > > > > This means TeX reads everything from \startFOO till \stopFOO and looks > > afterwards at the replacement text. > > I am not sure how something like that you work. > > > I used tried the first way with saving the content into a buffer and > > using the buffer content. > > If you want to write to a buffer and later use it, there are low level > macros to define your own buffer commands. Have a look at the R module > to see an example. Depending on your usage, you will have to keep > track of the buffer numbers on your own. > > Aditya Hi Aditya, I tried to use a buffer but you cannot make something like this: \starttext \placefigure {} {\startbuffer{mybuffer} Floating text from a buffer \stopbuffer \getbuffer{mybuffer}} \stoptext with content saved in a buffer. It's not a real problem but I wanted to know if it is possible to define a environment in the way I wanted. Wolfgang _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context