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2 % O P T I O N A L . S T Y
3 % ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
4 % ver 2.2b Jan 2005
6 % Enable multiple versions of a document to be printed from one source file,
7 % especially if most of the text is shared between versions.
9 % Copyright 1993,1999,2001,2005 by Donald Arseneau (asnd@triumf.ca).
10 % This software is released under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public
11 % License (ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/base/lppl.txt).
12 % (Essentially: Free to use, copy, distribute (sell) and change, but, if
13 % changed, that fact must be made apparent to the user.) It has a
14 % status of "maintained".
17 % HOW TO USE
18 % ~~~~~~~~~~
19 % One way to use this package is to declare (for example)
21 % \usepackage[opta]{optional}
23 % at the beginning of your document, and flag optional text throughout
24 % your document like:
26 % \opt{opta}{Do this if option opta was declared}
27 % \opt{optb}{Do this if option optb was declared}
28 % \opt{optx,opty}{Do this if either option optx or opty}
29 % \opt{}{Never print this text!}
30 % \opt{opta}{\input{appendices}}
31 % \optv{xam}{Type: \verb|[root /]$ rm -r *|.}
33 % Note that both the package option and the "\opt" argument can contain
34 % lists of options although, in practice, one or the other should be a
35 % single option name. Lists are allowed in both places to allow more
36 % flexibility in the style of use. (But making the definitions much more
37 % difficult, Grrr.)
39 % Just as for "\includeonly", you will have to edit the main document
40 % file to switch option codes (i.e., change the "\usepackage" line).
41 % There are, however, several ways to use this package without altering
42 % the main document file: separate files, file-name sensing, interactive
43 % prompting, and command-line option selection.
45 % Typically, different versions of a document will require different
46 % document class and package setup, besides the different tags for
47 % optional.sty. In that case it is best to have a separate main file
48 % for each version of the document. Each stub file will declare the
49 % document class and load some packages (including this one) and then
50 % input the rest of the document from a file common to all versions.
52 % \documentclass[A0]{poster}
53 % \usepackage[poster]{optional}
54 % \input{my_paper}
56 % If the different opt-tags match the different stub file names (file
57 % poster.tex will typeset the "poster" version) then you can specify
59 % \usepackage[\jobname]{optional}
61 % Alternatively, this "\jobname" technique can make use of symbolic links,
62 % if your computer system supports them, by having a single main input
63 % file accessed under different names (and different "\jobname"s).
65 % Another scheme is to invoke LaTeX with the command line such as:
67 % latex "\def\UseOption{opta,optb}\input{file}"
69 % (with quoting appropriate to your operating system) then options "opta"
70 % and "optb" will be used in addition to any options specified with the
71 % "\usepackage" command.
73 % You can prompt yourself to specify the option(s) with every run
74 % through LaTeX:
76 % \usepackage{optional}
77 % \newcommand{\ExplainOptions}{man = users manual, check = checklist,
78 % ref = reference card, post = poster.}
79 % \AskOption
81 % The definition of "\ExplainOptions" is optional; it only serves to help
82 % the person who answers the question. The "\AskOption" is also optional;
83 % it will be executed automatically whenever optional.sty sees no list of
84 % options. This method is too tedious to use much.
86 % The normal restrictions forbidding special characters in package options
87 % and reference tags apply also the the tags used by the "\opt" command.
89 % These are not `comment' macros: The optional text must be well-formed
90 % with balanced braces, even if not printed. The "\opt" command *IS*
91 % completely `expandable' which means it is robust and can even be used
92 % in messages ("\typeout").
94 % As usual, "\verb" commands and verbatim environments cannot be used
95 % in the argument to "\opt". For this purpose there is a variant form
96 % of "\opt" called "\optv" (optional verbatim) which may have a limited
97 % class of verbatim material in the argument. It can do so by leaving
98 % the braces around the argument, which may have undesired side effects.
99 % For an "\optv" argument to be successfully ignored, the verbatim material
100 % must have balanced braces etc.
102 % The "\opt" command is only intended for small sections of text. If you
103 % need to optionally include whole sections or chapters, put that material
104 % in a separate file, and "\opt"-ionally use an "\input" command:
106 % \opt{internal}{\input{prog_listings}}
108 %====================== END INSTRUCTIONS ========================
110 \ProvidesPackage{optional}[2005/01/26 ver 2.2b; \space
111 Optional inclusion/omission]
112 % Initialize used-option-list to \@gobble to eat the comma when the first
113 % entry is `appended'.
114 \@ifundefined{UseOption}{\let\UseOption\@gobble}{}
115 \DeclareOption*{\edef\UseOption{\UseOption,\CurrentOption}}
116 \ProcessOptions
117 \AtBeginDocument{\Opl@Setup}
119 \newcommand*\opt[1]{\if\Opl@notlisted{#1}\expandafter\@gobble
120 \else \expandafter\@firstofone \fi}
122 \newcommand*\optv[1]{\if\Opl@notlisted{#1}\expandafter\@gobble\fi}
124 % This initial definition forces immediate setup if \opt used in the preamble
125 \def\Opl@notlisted{\fi \Opl@Setup \if\Opl@notlisted}
127 \newcommand\AskOption{%
128 \@ifundefined{ExplainOptions}{}{\typeout{\ExplainOptions}}%
129 \typein[\UseOption]{Specify which optional text to process:}%
132 \def\Opl@Setup{%
133 \ifx\UseOption\@gobble\AskOption\fi
134 \let\Opl@notlisted\@empty % initialize list of checks
135 \@for\@tempa:=\UseOption\do{%
136 \ifx\@tempa\@empty\else\expandafter\Opl@oneop\expandafter{\@tempa}\fi}%
137 \ifx\Opl@notlisted\@empty \PackageWarning{optional}%
138 {No options were selected, so all optional text will be printed}%
139 \let\opt\@secondoftwo
140 \else
141 \typeout{Using optional text marked with \UseOption. }%
142 \toks@\expandafter{\Opl@notlisted}%
143 \edef\@tempa{\def\noexpand\Opl@notlisted####1{,\the\toks@,}}\@tempa
145 \let\Opl@Setup\@empty \let\Opl@oneop\undefined
146 \let\AskOption\undefined \let\ExplainOptions\undefined
148 \begingroup
149 \catcode`\Z= 3 % special delimiter
150 \gdef\Opl@oneop#1{%
151 \@ifundefined{Opl@Match@#1}{%
152 \toks@\expandafter{\Opl@notlisted}%
153 \edef\Opl@notlisted{\the\toks@ \csname Opl@Match@#1\endcsname ,####1,#1,Z}%
154 \@namedef{Opl@Match@#1}##1,#1,##2Z{##2}%
155 }\relax
157 \endgroup
158 \endinput