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From: "J.Fine" <J.Fine@OPEN.AC.UK>
Subject: Named parameters in macros
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Hello

Instead of writing, say,
    \def\centerline #1{\hbox to\hsize{#1}}
I'd like to be able to write something like
    \def\centerline #text{\hbox to\hsize{#text}}

This is an example of named parameters in macro definitions.

Not hard to implement in, say, Python.  There's proof of concept code in
    http://pytex.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pytex/trunk/pytex/sandbox/jfine/macroload/

This was announced to comp.text.tex in February this year.  There was a discussion,
which then sort of petered out.

--
Jonathan


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