latex_macro_single_optional_argument
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| - | ====== Single Optional Argument for a LaTeX Macro ====== | ||
| - | I recently needed to create a new macro for a User manual. The macro was to output a defined character, but in a colour specified by the author. Therefore, I needed a macro that accepted a single optional argument. | ||
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| - | After doing a lot of searching around, I could only find advice on two or more arguments. I needed this: | ||
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| - | <code latex> | ||
| - | Print my symbol in black \specialsymbol please. | ||
| - | Print my symbol in red \specialsymbol[red] please. | ||
| - | Print my symbol in blue \specialsymbol[blue] please. | ||
| - | </code> | ||
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| - | The macro is: | ||
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| - | <code latex> | ||
| - | \newcommand{\specialsymbol}[1][black]{% | ||
| - | \begin{myfont}% | ||
| - | \textcolor{#1}{`}% backtick character contains the symbol in the "myfont" font. | ||
| - | \end{myfont}% | ||
| - | }% | ||
| - | </code> | ||
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| - | And for extra niceness, if you want your macro to ensure text following the symbol does not butt up hard against it, change line three to: | ||
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| - | <code latex> | ||
| - | \textcolor{#1}{`}\ % | ||
| - | </code> | ||
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