Re: macros - where to define them?

On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 13:14:59 +0200, Oliver Bandel wrote:

> ... some definitons, used in own include-files
> (mydefs or changed document-styles, "doc" for example)
> don't know some symbols, so I can't use @R for example, or @CurveBox.
> 
> Is the export-keyword the way out?
> 
> Where to use it, I'm not sure, how to make things working easily.

May be it's time to read the Expert's Guide?  All the relevant
material about lout-the-language is in the 10 pages at the beginning
of Chaper 2.

 
> One example of problems:
> 
> If have
> macro @REAL { @Outline @R R }
> inside mydefs, I get the err-msg:

mydefs is included by "doc" before it @Use's relevant symbols, so
inside mydefs you need to import @BasicSetup yourself.


-uwe