> I have found out a way to do it -- essentially, you use the macro
> mechanism, but the trick is to define the macro so that the
> quotation marks are included in the replacement text.
>
> To take your simple box example as illustration:
>
> .PS
> define bcolor { "red" }
>
> define cbox {
>
Am Sonntag, 11. Dezember 2005 22:29 schrieb Ted Harding:
> I have found out a way to do it -- essentially, you use the macro
> mechanism, but the trick is to define the macro so that the
> quotation marks are included in the replacement text.
Thanks Ted,
this works, I'll try later if I can use it
On 11-Dec-05 Heinz-Jürgen Oertel wrote:
> Thanks Ted,
> The reason for placing some values in a "global" variable is
> avoiding a large number of macro arguments having always the same
> value. Like with the variable "slant" in my example.
> Look at the example I'm just trying:
>
> --
Am Sonntag, 11. Dezember 2005 15:02 schrieb Ted Harding:
> On 11-Dec-05 Heinz-Jürgen Oertel wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'm searching for a way to put strings in pic variable,
> > but found no way doing it.
> > What I like to do is something like:
> >
> > .PS
> > bcolor = "red"
> >
> > define cbox {
> >
On 11-Dec-05 Heinz-Jürgen Oertel wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I'm searching for a way to put strings in pic variable,
> but found no way doing it.
> What I like to do is something like:
>
> .PS
> bcolor = "red"
>
> define cbox {
> box wid $1 color bcolor
> }
> .PE
>
> .PS
> cbox(1) "this is red"
>
