[Texmacs-dev] Re: [TeXmacs] macros, passing paramaters to with, and using includes

[Henri Lesourd]

Corey Sweeney wrote:

> quick note: I found my "arg" problem was that i *had* to enter args 
> via the toolbar, and could not type \arg{enter}intro
>
>
> I got a chance to try this:
>
> <assign|include-with-intro-x|<macro|filename|intro-text|<with|intro|<arg|intro-text>|<extern|(lambda
> (x) (tree-load-inclusion ((eval-string (string-append "tree-" (substring
> "\<gtr\>" 4 5) "stree")) x)))|<arg|filename>>>>>
>
> <include-with-intro-x|queries.tm|this is my introductary text>
>
> This works on loading the include, and does properly display the "this 
> is my introductary text" in the middle of the document.  (which is 
> just a "<value|intro-text>" in the document).  So much progress has 
> been made.  However when I try to place the cursor inside "this is my 
> introductary text" to edit it (inside the embedded document that is 
> now displaying), it won't edit.  It would edit when i made macros for 
> my web page.   Made a macro that would add borders, and you were 
> automatically able to type on the inside, in a wysiwyg manner.
As soon as you use <value|...> the editability is lost.
Editability is only maintained for <arg|...> objects.


> P.S.  Let me know if your gonna add something like that "> converter" 
> to the texmacs scheme libraries.  Also let me know what char you'd 
> use, so I don't have to go change my files when I start using it.
I will not add something like that "> converter" into TeXmacs, otherwise 
Joris
would crucify me :-). To workaround this problem, it is much simpler to 
store
the necessary hacks in your own my-init-texmacs.scm.

In fact, the appropriate solution is to improve the unquoting mechanism
in such a way that the appropriate conversion would be done inside
an <extern|...> : the current behaviour is clearly buggy.

Inside TeXmacs, we should for instance definitely be able to write :
<extern|(lambda (x) (string->tree x))|<arg|x>> without any problems.