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Outlining style option for LaTeX

#790
From: Tim Bradshaw
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 20:27
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Several people asked me about this a while ago so I cleaned it up a
bit and here it is.

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X%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -*- Mode: Latex -*- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
X%% File            - outline.sty
X%% Description     - Outling macros for LaTeX
X%% Author          - Timothy Bradshaw (tfb@homer)
X%% Created On      - 1988
X%% Last Modified By- Tim Bradshaw (tfb@eagle)
X%% Last Modified On- Tue Apr  7 20:59:58 1992
X%% Update Count    - 10
X%% Status          - Not very nice
X%% 
X%% $Locker$
X%% $Log$
X%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
X
X% History:
X%% 17-Mar-1992  Timothy Bradshaw (tfb@homer)
X%%   added optional arg for type, and changed \outlinetype to
X%%   \outlinedefault
X%% 17-Mar-1992  Timothy Bradshaw (tfb@homer)
X%%   added \outlinetype so you can make it do enumerate &c.
X
X%%%% * Notes
X%%% outline.doc: outlining macros for LaTeX.  Originally adapted from
X%%% James Walker's Outlining macros in TUGboat 9.1 (1988), but
X%%% modified almost beyond recognition to use LaTeX's enumerate
X%%% environment, and now to be sort-of compatible with emacs'
X%%% outlining. 
X
X%%% This works OK for me
X
X%%%% ** Problems
X%%%% *** Stars are magic anywhere not just at start of line.
X%%% The solution to this I think is actually to look for ^^M and make
X%%% it check for * as first char.  But that was too hard to do for a
X%%% toy.
X
X%%%% *** counting stars isn't pretty any more.
X%%% When this used ^^Is and then * to indicate items you could just
X%%% define ^^I to increment the counter and then * made an item.  But
X%%% now * has to do both that and look for non-* next chars, so I stop
X%%% it being active & then turn it on again.  I'd like to know a
X%%% better soln to this.
X
X\newcount\outline@level
X\newcount\outline@lastlevel
X\def\outlinedefault#1{\def\outline@default{#1}}
X\outlinedefault{enumerate}
X
X{
X\catcode`\*=\active
X\gdef\outline{%
X  \chardef\star=`\* % So we can put stars in
X  \def\starnormal{\catcode`\*=12} % NOrmal section: another hack.
X  \def\starmagic{\catcode`\*=\active}
X  \global\outline@level=0
X  \global\outline@lastlevel=1
X  \catcode`\*=\active % must be before the \@ifnextchar!
X  \@ifnextchar[{\@outline}{\outline[\outline@default]}}
X\gdef\@outline[#1]{
X  \xdef\outline@type{#1}% locally
X  \begin{\outline@type}%
X    \let*=\outline@selfcount}
X}
X
X\def\outline@selfcount{%
X  %% Count stars: is there a better way than this?
X  \starnormal
X  \global\advance\outline@level by 1
X  \@ifstar{\outline@selfcount}{\starmagic \outline@item}}
X
X%%% \endoutline must tidy up any outstanding nested lists.
X\def\endoutline{%
X  \ifnum\outline@lastlevel > 1
X    \end{\outline@type}
X    \global\advance\outline@lastlevel by -1
X    \endoutline
X  \else
X    \end{\outline@type}
X  \fi}
X
X\def\outline@item{%
X  %% 
X  \ifnum\outline@lastlevel < \outline@level
X    \begin{\outline@type}
X    \global\advance\outline@lastlevel by 1
X    \outline@item
X  \else\ifnum\outline@lastlevel > \outline@level
X    \end{\outline@type}
X    \global\advance\outline@lastlevel by -1
X    \outline@item
X  \else
X    \outline@doitem
X    \global\outline@level=0
X  \fi\fi} 
X  
X\let\outline@doitem\item
X% This version puts everything up to the first `.' into an \fbox
X%\def\outline@doitem #1.{\item\fbox{#1}}
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if test 3133 -ne `wc -c <outline.sty`; then
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if test -f outline.tex -a "${1}" != "-c" ; then 
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else
echo shar: Extracting \"outline.tex\" \(2531 characters\)
sed "s/^X//" >outline.tex <<'END_OF_outline.tex'
X%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -*- Mode: Latex -*- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
X%% File            - outline.tex
X%% Description     - Some kind of documentation for outline.sty
X%% Author          - Tim Bradshaw (tfb@eagle)
X%% Created On      - Tue Apr  7 21:07:30 1992
X%% Last Modified By- Tim Bradshaw (tfb@eagle)
X%% Last Modified On- Tue Apr  7 21:23:27 1992
X%% Update Count    - 4
X%% Status          - for looking at
X%% 
X%% $Locker$
X%% $Log$
X%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
X
X% History:
X%% 7-Apr-1992  Tim Bradshaw (tfb@eagle)
X%%   This went with the outline.sty posted Tue Apr  7 21:12:57 1992.
X%%   I wish there was a good portable documenting style (maybe this
X%%   doc stuff?)
X
X\documentstyle[outline]{article}
X\begin{document}
X\section*{Outlining style for \LaTeX{}, Tim Bradshaw}
XThe `outline' style option will allow you to generate lists of various
Xsorts by using a syntax very similar to Emacs' outline mode.
XBasically you can use it like this:
X\begin{quote}
X\begin{verbatim}
X\begin{outline}
X* This is an item
X** This is a subitem of the first one
X** and another
X*** with a third level
X* first again
X\end{outline}
X\end{verbatim}
X\end{quote}
XWill produce
X\begin{outline}
X* This is an item
X** This is a subitem of the first one
X** and another
X*** with a third level
X* first again
X\end{outline}
XAnd that's basically what it does.  There are some useful things to
Xknow though:
X\begin{outline}[itemize]
X* You can set the type of list you want to generate in one of two
X  ways:
X** Globally, you can set use \verb.\outlinedefault. to set it, via,
X   for instance \verb.\outlinedefault{itemize}.  The default default is
X   \verb.enumerate.. 
X** The \verb.outline. environment takes a (rather non-standard: is
X   this good \LaTeX{} macro style?) optional arg to set the type for
X   each instance: \verb.\begin{outline}[itemize]..
X
X* It cleans up after itself: you can leap several levels or end the
X  environment deeply nested (within the limits of \LaTeX{}'s list
X  environments).
X
X* Stars are magic {\em anywhere}, not just at beginning of line.  I'm
X  not sure if this is desirable or not actually.  It can be defeated in
X  two ways:
X** You can say \verb.\star. to get \star{}.
X** You can say \verb|{\starnormal ...}| to make a section of text where
X   stars are normal again, {\starnormal like *this* for instance}.
X\end{outline}
X
XAnd I suppose I'd better put my email address, I am:
X\begin{quote}
X-- Tim Bradshaw, {\tt tim.bradshaw@edinburgh.ac.uk}
X\end{quote}
X\end{document}
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Subject: Outlining style option for LaTeX
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