Comments on: A question for the LaTeX gurus (2) http://www.briggs.net.nz/log/2008/03/04/a-question-for-the-latex-gurus-2/ by Jason R Briggs Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:23:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: jrbriggs http://www.briggs.net.nz/log/2008/03/04/a-question-for-the-latex-gurus-2/#comment-28332 jrbriggs Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:12:24 +0000 http://www.briggs.net.nz/log/2008/03/04/a-question-for-the-latex-gurus-2/#comment-28332 Eureka! Or some other exclamation. The winner is... versions.sty Which I overlooked before for some reason, and revisited, only to discover it's exactly what I want, and works as advertised. With thanks to Uwe L"uck, for releasing it and relieving 4 days of frustration. Eureka! Or some other exclamation.

The winner is…

versions.sty

Which I overlooked before for some reason, and revisited, only to discover it’s exactly what I want, and works as advertised. With thanks to Uwe L”uck, for releasing it and relieving 4 days of frustration.

]]> By: jrbriggs http://www.briggs.net.nz/log/2008/03/04/a-question-for-the-latex-gurus-2/#comment-28331 jrbriggs Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:51:23 +0000 http://www.briggs.net.nz/log/2008/03/04/a-question-for-the-latex-gurus-2/#comment-28331 Gah! Even more infuriating. Found one reference to using \relax after the ifthenelse. Which fixes the problem -- but only if you use it on the ifthenelse that is actually firing (i.e. the one set to true). On the others, it breaks. Meaning it's a no-solution solution. Gah! Even more infuriating. Found one reference to using \relax after the ifthenelse. Which fixes the problem — but only if you use it on the ifthenelse that is actually firing (i.e. the one set to true). On the others, it breaks. Meaning it’s a no-solution solution.

]]> By: jrbriggs http://www.briggs.net.nz/log/2008/03/04/a-question-for-the-latex-gurus-2/#comment-28330 jrbriggs Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:41:12 +0000 http://www.briggs.net.nz/log/2008/03/04/a-question-for-the-latex-gurus-2/#comment-28330 Addendum... Further reading indicates the problem is (rather obviously) using verbatim inside the scope of another command. Though as to why that's a problem, or how to get around it -- I'm not any closer to answering. Addendum…

Further reading indicates the problem is (rather obviously) using verbatim inside the scope of another command. Though as to why that’s a problem, or how to get around it — I’m not any closer to answering.

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