irani@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Erach Irani) (10/17/90)
Hi, How do I get large comments / blanked out text 3-20 pages long. It's ok with UNIX in the department but I'm using a 386 P.C with sbtex or emtex and it runs out of memory on the comment. blatex is too slow on my box. Thanks in advance, erach (irani@cs.umn.edu) -- Phone : (Home) (612) 378-2336 Work : (612) 627-4850 InterNet : irani@cs.umn.edu UUCP: uunet!umn-cs!irani Postal Address: Erach A.Irani; 1717, Rollins Ave.; Minneapolis, MN 55414.
smithda@buster.cps.msu.edu (J. Daniel Smith) (10/18/90)
In article <1990Oct17.090826.10399@cs.umn.edu> irani@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Erach Irani) writes: >Hi, > How do I get large comments / blanked out text 3-20 pages long. >It's ok with UNIX in the department but I'm using a 386 P.C with sbtex >or emtex and it runs out of memory on the comment. blatex is too slow on >my box. If I understand this correctly, it sounds like a request for a comment environment. I wrote one a few months ago modeled after LaTeX's "verbatim". To avoid the memory problem mentioned here, I turn the \catcode of most characters to that of "comment". This causes TeX to ignore most of the line, instead of making it part of the argument. Dan % % J. Daniel Smith % 7 April 1990 % % comment.sty % % All text between \begin{comment} and \end{comment} is ignored by % LaTeX. Modified from the verbatim macros of LaTeX. % \typeout{Document Style option `comment' <7 Apr 90>.} % \catcode`@=11 % \def\c@tend{\catcode`@=14\catcode``=14} \def\c@mmentcat{ \let\c@=\catcode \c@`!=14 \c@`"=14 \c@`\#=14 \c@`\$=14 \c@`\&=14 \c@`'=14 \c@`(=14 \c@`)=14 \c@`*=14 \c@`+=14 \c@`,=14 \c@`-=14 \c@`.=14 \c@`/=14 \c@`0=14 \c@`1=14 \c@`2=14 \c@`3=14 \c@`4=14 \c@`5=14 \c@`6=14 \c@`7=14 \c@`8=14 \c@`9=14 \c@`:=14 \c@`;=14 \c@`<=14 \c@`==14 \c@`>=14 \c@`?=14 \c@`@=14 \c@`A=14 \c@`B=14 \c@`C=14 \c@`D=14 \c@`E=14 \c@`F=14 \c@`G=14 \c@`H=14 \c@`I=14 \c@`J=14 \c@`K=14 \c@`L=14 \c@`M=14 \c@`N=14 \c@`O=14 \c@`P=14 \c@`Q=14 \c@`R=14 \c@`S=14 \c@`T=14 \c@`U=14 \c@`V=14 \c@`W=14 \c@`X=14 \c@`Y=14 \c@`Z=14 \c@`[=14 \c@`]=14 \c@`^=14 \c@`_=14 \c@`a=14 \c@`f=14 \c@`g=14 \c@`h=14 \c@`i=14 \c@`j=14 \c@`k=14 \c@`q=14 \c@`s=14 \c@`u=14 \c@`v=14 \c@`w=14 \c@`x=14 \c@`y=14 \c@`z=14 \c@`|=14 \c@`~=14 \c@` =14\c@tend} % \begingroup \catcode `|=0 \catcode `[= 1 \catcode`]=2 \catcode `\{=12 \catcode `\}=12 \catcode`\\=12 |long|gdef|@xcomment#1\end{comment}[|end[comment]] |endgroup \def\@comment{\let\do\@makeother \dospecials\c@mmentcat} \let\endc@mment=\endtrivlist %\newenvironment{comment}{\@comment\@xcomment}{\endc@mment} \newenvironment{comment}{\@comment\@xcomment}{} % \catcode`@=12 -- J. Daniel Smith Internet: dsmith@applga.aa.cad.slb.com Schlumberger CAD/CAM BITNET: smithdan@msuegr Ann Arbor, Michigan Usenet: uunet!sharkey!applga!dsmith SINet: AAACA1::SMITH
myers@ut-emx.uucp (Eric Myers) (10/18/90)
In article <1990Oct17.090826.10399@cs.umn.edu> irani@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Erach Irani) writes: >Hi, > How do I get large comments / blanked out text 3-20 pages long. >It's ok with UNIX in the department but I'm using a 386 P.C with sbtex >or emtex and it runs out of memory on the comment. blatex is too slow on >my box. I'm not sure if this will work for such large comments, but TeXsis uses the following: %--------------------------------------------------* % COMMENTS. % % Use \comment to turn most anything into nothing (must have balanced {}!). % Usage: % \comment/* <text to be ignored> */ % the /* and */ are required! \long\def\comment#1/*#2*/{\endcomment} % lets you do stuff afterwards \def\endcomment{\relax} % but for now just do nothing -- Eric Myers "Frankie say '\relax'" Center for Relativity, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin myers@emx.utexas.edu | myers@utaphy.bitnet | myers@ut-emx.UUCP