From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk To: UKTeX Distribution: ; Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #32 Reply-To: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk Errors-To: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk Distribution: world MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <392.777912343.1@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1994 15:45:44 +0100 Message-ID: <393.777912344@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk UKTeX Digest Friday, 26 Aug 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 32 Today's Topics: Problems with AMS-Latex Re: Problems with AMS-Latex Re: Problems with AMS-Latex psboxit macros EuroTeX '94; only two weeks remain for registration Administrivia: Moderators: Peter Abbott (UK TeX Users Group) and David Osborne (University of Nottingham) Contributions: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk Subscription and unsubscription requests: UKTeX-request@tex.ac.uk (message body = "subscribe uktex" or "unsubscribe uktex", [no quotes]) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 23:13:54 -0000 From: pbrett@tamara.demon.co.uk (Paul Brett) Subject: Problems with AMS-Latex This is probably a daft question (I'm still new at LaTex), but here goes: I am running AMS-Latex, and wish to mark sections of a document only to be printed in the draft versions. I had therefore placed the following environment definitions: \newenvironment{Draft}{ \begin{quotation} \em}{ \end{quotation} } %\newenvironment{Draft}{ \begin{comment} }{ \end{comment} } Then any sections which should only be printed in the draft could be marked by \begin{Draft} ... \end{Draft}. However, when I switch to 'final copy' mode (by moving the comment), I get an error message: Runaway argument? ! File ended while scanning use of \next. \par ... l.34 \input{p6} Any suggestions as to what I am doing wrong? - -- Paul Brett EMail : pbrett@tamara.demon.co.uk London, UK Voice : 081 810 7587 PGP2.6 key available ------------------------------ Date: 19 Aug 1994 23:59:33 +0000 From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) Subject: Re: Problems with AMS-Latex In article <777366191snx@tamara.demon.co.uk>, Paul Brett wrote: >This is probably a daft question (I'm still new at LaTex), but here goes: > >I am running AMS-Latex, and wish to mark sections of a document only to >be printed in the draft versions. I had therefore placed the following >environment definitions: > >\newenvironment{Draft}{ \begin{quotation} \em}{ \end{quotation} } >%\newenvironment{Draft}{ \begin{comment} }{ \end{comment} } > >Then any sections which should only be printed in the draft could be >marked by \begin{Draft} ... \end{Draft}. > >However, when I switch to 'final copy' mode (by moving the comment), I >get an error message: > > Runaway argument? > ! File ended while scanning use of \next. >[...] I don't use AMSLaTeX, and have never examined its comment environment, but the chances are that it's a verbatim-type thing. This means, in effect, that you're putting a verbatim environment in the argument of a macro (it's not as simple as that, but the effect is the same); TeX never finds the \end{comment} and ends up trying to gobble every last bit of your file as comment. Having told you what's wrong, I'm afraid I can't offer an alternative. You'll likely need some internals sort of command, and (as I said) I don't know AMSLaTeX. - -- Robin (Campaign for the Third Programme) Fairbairns rf@cl.cam.ac.uk U of Cambridge Computer Lab, Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QG, UK Private page: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rf/robin.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Aug 1994 10:17:57 -0000 From: pbrett@tamara.demon.co.uk (Paul Brett) Subject: Re: Problems with AMS-Latex Thanks for all your help. The final solution I found was simply to use one of the following lines: %\newenvironment{Draft}{ \begin{quotation} \em}{ \end{quotation} } \let\Draft=\comment \let\endDraft=\endcomment Paul Brett ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1994 08:20:23 -0000 From: joop@entropic.demon.co.uk (Joop Jansen) Subject: psboxit macros Hello, I read in the LaTeX companion that there should exist a macro package psboxit which allows you to print text on a grey background. I have not been able to find it however. Could anyone tell where it is? Best regards Joop Jansen - -- Entropic Research Laboratories, Inc Sheraton House Castle Park Cambridge CB3 0AX, UK E-mail: joop@entropic.com Tel: +44-223-302651 Fax: +44-223-324560 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 11:40:07 -0000 From: CHAA006@vax.rhbnc.ac.uk Subject: EuroTeX '94; only two weeks remain for registration ======================================================= EuroTeX '94 * EuroTeX '94 * EuroTeX '94 * EuroTeX '94 ======================================================= If you would like to participate in the most exciting TeX users' meeting of 1994---Eurotex '94 in Gda\'nsk--- then please don't forget that there are only two weeks left in which to enroll. 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