Re: [PLUG] Latex question...

[Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>]

Hi, Naresh.

Thanks.  Unfortunately, that doesn't address the question of
font-related things I can do in an environment declaration. So I can
say

    \texttt{This is a question.}

But it is a syntax error to say

    \texttt{This is a question.

    This question contains two paragraphs.}

I get an error about runaway arguments.

In plain TeX, at least the TeX that Don Knuth writes about in the 1986
version of the TexBook, I could write

    {\tt This is a question.

    This question contains two paragraphs.}

But that fails in Latex today.

So in the case of font changing, I want to do something along the
lines of

\newenvironment{question}
{\tt}
{}

Except that \tt doesn't work.

-Jeff


On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:02:27PM -0500, Naresh wrote:
> Jeff,
> 
> For the "question/answer problem" have you tried using "enumerate" ?
> 
> If I understood your question right, for paragraph spacing, I usually do
> \vspace {12pt}.
> 
> Goodluck,
> Naresh
> 
> 
> On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> 
> > I have a quick Latex question, and my web searches haven't helped me
> > tonight.
> >
> > I want to write an environment in Latex that lets me do the following
> > in a homework assignment:
> >
> >     \begin{question}
> >     What is the answer?
> >     \end{question}
> >
> >     \begin{answer}
> >     This is the answer.
> >
> >     This is why.
> >     \end{answer}
> >
> > I'm pretty sure I understand creating environments, but I'm having
> > trouble getting font changes that are durable over paragraphs. TeX
> > would allow me to just say
> >
> >     {\tt
> >     One paragraph.
> >
> >     Two paragraphs.
> >
> >     Three paragraphs. Wa, wa, wa!
> >     }
> >
> > But \texttt{...} causes problems when it tries to span paragraphs.
> >
> > Any Latex users in the crowd know how to do this?
> >
> > Thanks much in advance.
> >
> > --
> >  Jeff
> >
> >  Jeff Abrahamson  <http://www.purple.com/jeff/>
> >
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