Command/setupblock

\setupblock

Syntax

\setupblock[...,...,...][...,...=...,...]
[...,...,...]	name
before	command to place before each block, e.g. \startnarrower
after	command to place after each block, e.g. \stopnarrower
inner	command to perform in each block
style	normal bold slanted boldslanted type cap small... command
file	file in which to look for the blocks when displaying them.

Description

Setup how blocks are displayed.

Example

\defineblock[question]
\keepblocks[question] % We want to display blocks where we define them.
\setupbackground[background=color, color=red]

\subject{List of questions}

\beginquestion
    How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
\endquestion

\subject{The questions again}

\setupblock[question][
    %% if we had a file my_questions.tex containing \beginquestions, we would use:
    % file=my_questions,  % (works only under mkii?)
    before=\startbackground,
    after=\stopbackground,
    inner=\margintitle{again}
]

\useblocks[question]

This gives:

See also

• \defineblock to define a new kind of block.
• \setupblock to set up block style.
• \keepblocks to start displaying blocks where they are defined.
• \hideblocks to stop displaying blocks where they are defined.
• \useblocks to display blocks.
• \selectblocks to display only blocks mentioned in the current section.
• \processblocks to process blocks without printing them.
• \forceblocks
• \nomoreblocks to allow one-pass compilation under certain conditions.

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