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Re: [TeXmacs] An easy(?) question: how to force typesetting?


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  • From: Amit Dubey <address@hidden>
  • To: address@hidden (Joris van der Hoeven)
  • Cc: address@hidden (Amit Dubey), address@hidden
  • Subject: Re: [TeXmacs] An easy(?) question: how to force typesetting?
  • Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 06:54:41 +0200 (MEST)


Thanks Joris,

It would be really helpful if you could fix this in the next
version. I will then submit citep and citet macros to those who
have asked for them.

Thanks again,
-Amit

>
>
> Hi Amit,
>
> On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Amit Dubey wrote:
> > I am using an external scheme script, and I need to make sure that
> > a <reference|...> command is evaluated before the result is sent as
> > an argument. Alternatively, I would like to execute the <reference|...>
> > from the scheme script itself.
> >
> > E.g. what I have is:
> >
> > <assign|myfunc|<macro|x|<extern|scheme-func|<reference|<arg|x>>>>>
> >
> > And I'd like "scheme-func" to receive the result of "reference"
> > rather than the tree <reference|...>
>
> The tree "reference" *is* evaluated, but to itself...
> In general, if you yant to force evaluation,
> you may use the "quasi" and "unquote" primitives.
>
> This is actually a bug (well, a small one, since this was not
> needed by anyone until recently): the "reference" primitive is
> only evaluated by the typesetter, not by the macro language.
> I probably did that so, because the typesetter also adds
> a hyperlink. I will correct this bug as soon as possible.
> Please remind if I forget to do so for the next version.
>
> Best wishes, Joris
>
>




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