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Date:         Tue, 28 Dec 1999 21:23:46 +0100
From: Javier Bezos <jbezos@ARRAKIS.ES>
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Subject:      Re: A couple of TOC templates (1)
Status: R

>Javier,
>
> > >have to study them a bit further but i was wondering about the paragraph
> > >action
> > >which seems to be intended to run the whole set of all entries in a
>single
> > >paragraph.
> >
> > Not necessary. Just define, say, section to be of style JB1, and
> > subsection of style JB2. That's all. If there are no new bugs, that
> > should work.
>
>I tried that after Xmas but not with much success. would you care to provide
>us with a (working:-) example? perhaps i'm simply to stupid to get it right.

!Ah! The sychronizations problems which I thought I solved. :-( That's
closely related to a problem with templates which I explained in a
previous
message-- the fact that the parameters are used with an intermediate:

I then said:
>The template way is (very, very simplified)
>
>\def\defineit#1{%
>  \def\@it{#1}
>  \def\it{\@it}}
>
>This extra level has many implications, because we cannot
>define \it literally (ie, exactly as given by the argument)

Take the following declarations:

\DeclareInstance{contentsobject}{section}{JB1}{ % the usual way
 ... irrelevant}
\DeclareInstance{contentsobject}{subsection}{JB2}{  % grouped
 ... irrelevant }

The very first subsection after a section begins a group, which is
not ended until the very first section after a series of sections
comes--the \endgroup is *in the section code* and the attributes
for it are deleted! That does not happen in the original
implementation because parameters are used literally (and hence
never deleted). In its very, very simplified equivalent:

\def\defineit#1{%
  \def\@it{#1}
  \endgroup
  \def\it{\@it}}

I cannot figure out how to fix that with reworking a lot of code,
but perhaps redefining all of parameters to itself but globally
could work. (I mean

  \global\let\COtitle@format\COtitle@format
  \global\let\COobject@decl\COobject@decl

and so on.) May attributes be assigned globally in templates?

\bye
Javier