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At 02:58 AM 2/10/2003 +0000, you wrote:
I'm typesetting some XML text with comments in and for the working version the comments are to go in the margin. For the final version the comments are simply to be ignored.
In the end result there is a noticeably larger space between the words where the comma had been. Apparently more than one space is reaching TeX's stomach, though it's beyond me to work out how.
I suppose I need a more sophisticated \gobble definition than the simple TeXbook one, yes?
----file minimal.tex
%now we will map XML arguments to context ones.
\defineXMLargument [title] \title \defineXMLargument [footnote] \footnote \defineXMLargument [section] \section % et cetera....
% this definition for drafts where comments are printed %in the margin %\defineXMLargument [comment] \inmargin
%this definition for the final version where the % remaining comments are ignored
\def\gobble#1{}
\defineXMLargument [comment] \gobble
you can use \gobbleoneargument here the next solution may help: \defineXMLargument [comment] \XMLhideelement \long\def\XMLhideelement#1% {\futurelet\nexttoken\doXMLhideelement} \def\doXMLhideelement {\ifx\nexttoken\blankspace\removeunwantedspaces\fi} maybe i will add something \defineXMLhide; will think about it Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------