Re: defining new symbols

[Efraim Yawitz]

I assume Professor Kingston or someone more expert than myself will answer
soon, but from just a quick look at what you're trying to do, I think
you're confusing macro (which just substitutes some string for another
string) with def (which actually defines a new function.)  It's all in the
"Expert's Guide", although it takes some time to get used to.

Ephraim

On Mon, 8 Aug 2005, Lothar Krause wrote:

> 
> Hej, 
> 
> I love using lout and stuff - yet one thing that I don't quite grasp is
> when it comes to defining new symbols and when to import what. For example I
> tried to define a symbol @sec like this: 
> 
> macro @sec 
>     right{x} 
> { @Section @Include{x.lt} @Section}
> 
> so I could write @sec{intro} and this would start a new section as well as
> including the file "intro.lt"  looking like @Title{Introduction}
> @Begin ... @End so I'd be easier to turn sections into subsections and
> vice versa. Is it possible to do such a thing with lout and if so than
> how so? (Or did I overlook something?) 
> 
> lo 
> 
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