Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
\doifsomething{#1} {\tmpblockstartedtrue %\immediate\write\tmpblocks{\string#1}}% \immediate\write\tmpblocks{#1}}%
i have no problem with the \long but changing the \string ... it's there for a reason so i need to look into it
\convertargument#1\to\ascii %\doifsomething{#1} \doifsomething\ascii {\tmpblockstartedtrue %\immediate\write\tmpblocks{\string#1}}% %\immediate\write\tmpblocks{#1}}% \immediate\write\tmpblocks{\ascii}}%
this may introduce spaces after \cs and therefore renders buffers useless for verbatim usage
because I won't force users of my letter module to put a \relax after \startletter only because they use MkII.
did you try \definebuffer[letter] Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------