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[Joseph Coffey <address@hidden>]

What is the proper way to export a TeXmacs document which contains macros?

   * First I tried doing it naively-just pressing export and letting it
     go. However this causes the latex file to ask for macros.sty (if
     this is the name of the corresponding macro file). 
   * Then I tried exporting the macro file as well. This time it gets
     upset that there are two document classes (source and article),
     and after complaining about a variety of other problems generates
     only 1 page dvi file.
   * Finally I tried just pasting in the exported macros. This works
     ok, except that the macros which were written "with math" do not
     export properly. (at least I believe this is the source of my
     woes).  It seems to me that the proper export of
         o <assign|db|<macro|<with|mode|math|blah blah>>>>
         o should be:\newcommand{\db}{\ensuremath{blah blah} not
         o \newcommand{\db}{${blah blah}$}

The present method causes a large number of error messages, because the 
way TeXmacs treats the macros when I edit is like an ensure math (I 
think).  Most of the error messages generated are not serious, however 
the results are unpredictable, and not terrible easy to fix up.