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[Giovanni Piredda <address@hidden>]

Am 12.01.2021 um 21:32 schrieb Vincent Douce Mathoscope:
> i would be really intesrested if a step-by-step video would show how 
> to create a package ! and also how to create a style !
> Vincent
I am not used to making videos, and I did not yet decide whether to try 
it or not. In the meantime, please take a look at the step-by-step 
instructions in 
http://lists.texmacs.org/wws/arc/texmacs-users/2021-01/msg00043.html. 
Since you already have the macro, there is a chance that you are going 
to succeed.

The steps for creating a style are the same as the ones for creating a 
package as far as I understand, but then you need to "write different 
things" in the style file and maybe also place it in a different 
directory (there is a "styles" directory in the local TeXmacs folder, 
but I never tried to put anything in there).

Said this, at least in my opinion the videos can be enough for showing 
how to create the package and style files, and perhaps can be a very 
good way for that. I have the feeling that they would not be enough for 
a complete example, because a style file is a complex construct and in 
my opinion it needs explanations through words (together with code). In 
my mind a good example of introduction to style file writing is 
http://tutex.tug.org/pracjourn/2005-4/hefferon/hefferon.pdf, written by 
Jim Hefferon for the PracTeX journal (TPJ 2005 No 04, 2005-10-20); I did 
not read it completely, but this is my impression after a superficial 
incomplete reading.

It is also possible that one needs more than that, but a similar thing 
for TeXmacs would be a start.

Giovanni