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3% $Id: slowbox.dtx,v 1.1 2003/09/05 16:09:56 mdw Exp $
4%
5% Cop-out for slow things
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7% (c) 2003 Mark Wooding
8%
9%----- Revision history -----------------------------------------------------
10%
11% $Log: slowbox.dtx,v $
12% Revision 1.1 2003/09/05 16:09:56 mdw
13% New feature\!
14%
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16% \end{meta-comment}
17%
18% \begin{meta-comment} <general public licence>
19%%
20%% slowbox package -- skipping of slow boxes
21%% Copyright (c) 2003 Mark Wooding
22%%
23%% This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
24%% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
25%% the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
26%% (at your option) any later version.
27%%
28%% This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
29%% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
30%% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
31%% GNU General Public License for more details.
32%%
33%% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
34%% along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
35%% Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
36% \end{meta-comment}
37%
38% \begin{meta-comment} <Package preambles>
39%<+package>\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
40%<+package>\ProvidesPackage{slowbox}
41%<+package> [2003/08/27 1.0 skipping of slow boxes]
42% \end{meta-comment}
43%
44% \CheckSum{221}
45%% \CharacterTable
46%% {Upper-case \A\B\C\D\E\F\G\H\I\J\K\L\M\N\O\P\Q\R\S\T\U\V\W\X\Y\Z
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62% \begin{meta-comment}
63%
64%<*driver>
65\input{mdwtools}
66\describespackage{slowbox}
67\newcommand\opt[1]{\textsf{#1}}
68\expandafter\def\csname sb@box:tag\endcsname{{2cm}{1cm}{0.5cm}}
69\def\*{\hspace{0pt plus 0.1pt}\ignorespaces}
70\mdwdoc
71%</driver>
72%
73% \end{meta-comment}
74%
75%^^A-------------------------------------------------------------------------
76% \section{User guide}
77%
78% The problem is that some things, e.g., diagrams, can take a while to
79% typeset, and aren't particularly interesting as far as the global document
80% layout is concerned. Once you've got a diagram right, the only thing that
81% matters as far as general previewing is concerned is its size.
82%
83% The solution is \package{slowbox}. Put things you're usually not
84% interested in seeing in a \env{slowbox} environment. Then they get
85% replaced by a frame saying that there's meant to be something there, and
86% that's it.
87%
88% There are two modes, chosen by package options: \opt{show} and \opt{hide}.
89% The default is \opt{show} mode, because I had to pick one. In \opt{show}
90% mode, everything happens normally; in \opt{hide} mode, slow boxes are
91% replaced by frames. In order for the package to know the sizes of all of
92% your boxes, you must first run through once in \opt{show} mode.
93% Thereafter, all should be well.
94%
95% \DescribeEnv{slowbox}
96% In \opt{show} mode, the \env{slowbox} environment typesets its contents in
97% LR-mode (for \TeX nicians, restricted horizontal mode).\footnote{^^A
98% Vertical mode causes all sorts of pain, and makes things way too wide.
99% Horizontal mode seems a good `standard currency' for \LaTeX\ things like
100% diagrams.} ^^A
101% In \opt{hide} mode, the boxes are replaced by frames, and \TeX\ will skip
102% over the contents of the environment at high speed, ignoring it
103% completely.
104%
105% The \env{slowbox} environment needs an argument, a \emph{tag} which is used
106% to identify this box. This is needed because otherwise the package has no
107% way of deciding that you've inserted some new box and need to shunt
108% everything about. So the full syntax is
109% \syntax{"\\begin{slowbox}{"<tag>"}" \ldots "\\end{slowbox}"}.
110% Tags can be any piece of text. If you include control sequences in the
111% tag, then they get expanded. That might be what you want.
112%
113% \DescribeEnv{slowbox$*$}
114% Adding new slow boxes is best done using the starred version of the
115% environment. Stuff in a \env{slowbox$*$} environment is always typset in
116% \opt{show} mode, regardless of the global mode setting. The right thing to
117% do is wrap your new stuff in a \env{slowbox$*$} while you're writing it.
118% Then remove the \env{$*$} and it will turn into a frame. The
119% \env{slowbox$*$} environment takes a tag name, just like \env{slowbox}
120% does.
121%
122% \DescribeMacro\slowboxbegin
123% \DescribeMacro\slowboxend
124% It's useful to define your own commands environments which create slow
125% boxes. Often, though, what happens is that you want to put some stuff
126% \emph{inside} the slow box, but that doesn't work properly. What you must
127% do instead is say something like
128% \begin{verbatim}
129% \newenvironment{splunt}[1]
130% {...\slowboxbegin{#1}{...\startsplunt...}}
131% {\slowboxend{...\finishsplunt...}...}
132% \end{verbatim}
133% That is, \syntax{"\\slowboxbegin{"<tag>"}{{"<stuff>"}"} starts a slow box,
134% beginning with \<stuff> if we're in \opt{show} mode.
135%
136% The |\slowboxbegin| command has a |*|-variant, which causes the box to be
137% typeset regardless of the current mode setting.
138%
139% \DescribeMacro\newslowboxenv
140% There's an environment for building slow box environments. Say
141% \syntax{"\\newslowboxenv{"<env-name>"}"\* "["<n-args>"]"\*
142% "{"<before-text>"}"\* "{"<start-text>"}"\* "{"<end-text>"}"\*
143% "{"<after-text>"}"}. This creates a new environment (just like with
144% |\newenvironment|). The contents are put in a slow box with \<start-text>
145% on the front and \<end-text> on the end. Before the box is begun,
146% \<before-text> is performed, and \<after-text> is done afterwards. The
147% environments so created have \env{$*$}-variants which ignore the current
148% mode, just like \env{slowbox$*$}. They also gather an additional \<tag>
149% argument, which you don't have to bother with.
150%
151% \DescribeMacro\doslowbox
152% Finally, for commands, there's \syntax{"\\doslowbox{"<tag>"}"\*
153% "{"<stuff>"}"}. This typesets \<stuff> in a slow box with the given tag.
154% There's a |*|-variant, of course.
155%
156% \DescribeMacro\slowboxshow
157% \DescribeMacro\slowboxhide
158% \DescribeMacro\ifslowboxshow
159% The declarations |\showboxshow| and |\slowboxhide| switch between the
160% \opt{show} and \opt{hide} modes. They obey standard scoping rules.
161% They're probably not very useful. They twiddle the |\ifslowboxshow| macro,
162% which is an old-fashioned Plain \TeX\ switch. If you're the sort of person
163% who uses \package{ifthen}, then you can test |\boolean{slowboxshow}|.
164%
165%^^A-------------------------------------------------------------------------
166% \implementation
167%
168% \section{Implementation of \package{slowbox}}
169%
170% \begin{macrocode}
171%<*package>
172% \end{macrocode}
173%
174% \subsection{The mode switch}
175%
176% \begin{macro}{\ifslowboxshow}
177% \begin{macro}{\slowboxshow}
178% \begin{macro}{\slowboxhide}
179% The |\if@slowboxshow| switch remembers which mode we're in. The
180% |\slowboxshow| and |\slowboxhide| macros flip the switch. It's really
181% easy. The |\relax|es are to annoy people who say |\global\showboxshow|.
182% \begin{macrocode}
183\def\slowboxshow{\relax\let\ifslowboxshow\iftrue}
184\def\slowboxhide{\relax\let\ifslowboxshow\iffalse}
185% \end{macrocode}
186% \end{macro}
187% \end{macro}
188% \end{macro}
189%
190% \subsection{Dependencies}
191%
192% The skipping-over-stuff-at-high-speed is done by my \package{sverb}
193% package.
194% \begin{macrocode}
195\RequirePackage{sverb}
196% \end{macrocode}
197%
198% \subsection{Options}
199%
200% Oh, this is obvious.
201% \begin{macrocode}
202\DeclareOption{show}{\slowboxshow}
203\DeclareOption{hide}{\slowboxhide}
204\ExecuteOptions{show}
205\ProcessOptions
206% \end{macrocode}
207%
208% \subsection{Remembering stuff}
209%
210% \begin{macro}{\sb@def}
211% Box dimensions are recorded in the |.aux| file using
212% \syntax{"\\sb@def{"<tag>"}"\* "{"<width>"}"\* "{"<height>"}"\*
213% "{"<depth>"}"}. This turns into a definition of a strange control
214% sequence.
215% \begin{macrocode}
216\def\sb@def#1#2#3#4%
217 {\expandafter\gdef\csname sb@box:#1\endcsname{{#2}{#3}{#4}}}
218% \end{macrocode}
219% \end{macro}
220%
221% \subsection{The actual work}
222%
223% \begin{macro}{\sb@begin}
224% This is where most of the intelligence is.
225% \syntax{"\\sb@begin{"<tag>"}{"<stuff>"}"} starts a slow box, putting
226% \<stuff> at the start if we're in \opt{show} mode. It doesn't ignore stuff
227% -- though it sets |\sb@ignore| to be |\relax| in \opt{show} mode and
228% |\ignore| in \opt{hide} mode. It also sets |\sb@end| correctly, so that
229% \syntax{"\\sb@end{"<stuff>"}"} ends the current box, putting \<stuff> in
230% it.
231%
232% Disappointingly, perhaps, this is in fact just a dispatcher to the right
233% implementation.
234% \begin{macrocode}
235\def\sb@begin{%
236 \ifslowboxshow\expandafter\sb@begin@show%
237 \else\expandafter\sb@begin@hide\fi%
238}
239% \end{macrocode}
240% \end{macro}
241%
242% \begin{macro}{\sb@begin@show}
243% Now we have the implementation for \opt{show} mode. This is sometimes
244% called directly, by |*|-variants. Needs to be |\long| because \<stuff>
245% might contain embedded vmode-material which could legitimately have |\par|
246% tokens in.
247% \begin{macrocode}
248\long\def\sb@begin@show#1#2{%
249 \begingroup%
250 \def\sb@end##1{%
251 ##1%
252 \color@endgroup%
253 \egroup%
254 \immediate\write\@auxout%
255 {\string\sb@def{#1}{\the\wd\z@}{\the\ht\z@}{\the\dp\z@}}%
256 \leavevmode\box\z@%
257 \endgroup%
258 }%
259 \let\sb@ignore\relax%
260 \setbox\z@\hbox\bgroup\color@begingroup#2%
261}
262% \end{macrocode}
263% \end{macro}
264%
265% \begin{macro}{\sb@begin@hide}
266% Now for something a bit stranger. If we're in \opt{hide} mode, we need to
267% find out whether we've saved information about this box before. We pass
268% the \emph{control sequence} containing the box dimensions to another
269% macro. Needs to be |\long| to collect the \<stuff> argument.
270% \begin{macrocode}
271\long\def\sb@begin@hide#1#2{%
272 \begingroup%
273 \def\sb@end##1{\endgroup}%
274 \let\sb@ignore\ignore%
275 \expandafter\sb@hidden\csname sb@box:#1\endcsname{#1}%
276}
277% \end{macrocode}
278% \end{macro}
279%
280% \begin{macro}{\sb@hidden}
281% We're given the control token and the tag name. If the control sequence is
282% like |\relax| then |\csname| must have invented it and we just have to make
283% something up. Otherwise we put the right stuff in a frame. Don't forget
284% to write out the box dimensions to the new aux file!
285% \begin{macrocode}
286\def\sb@hidden#1#2{%
287 \ifx#1\relax\fbox{Unknown slow box \texttt{#2}!}%
288 \else\edef\next@{\noexpand\sb@hidden@i#1{#2}}\expandafter\next@\fi%
289}
290\def\sb@hidden@i#1#2#3#4{%
291 \frameonly{#1}{#2}{#3}{Omitted \texttt{#4}}%
292 \immediate\write\@auxout{\string\sb@def{#4}{#1}{#2}{#3}}%
293}
294% \end{macrocode}
295% \end{macro}
296%
297% \subsection{Stuff in frames}
298%
299% \begin{macro}{\frameonly}
300% \syntax{"\\frameonly{"<width>"}{"<height>"}{"<depth>"}{"<stuff>"}"}
301% typesets \<stuff> in a frame with the given dimensions. This is a bit
302% tricky -- we want the \<stuff> in the middle of the box, but the box's
303% reference point is somewhere else. We start with a |\vcenter| of the right
304% height, and then nudge it into position later.
305%
306% In case the label is just too big, put shrinky glue all round. It'll look
307% horrible, but at least it won't mess everything up.
308% \begin{macrocode}
309\def\frameonly#1#2#3#4{%
310 \dimen\tw@#2\advance\dimen\tw@#3\advance\dimen\tw@-.8\p@%
311 \setbox\z@\hbox{$\vcenter{\hrule\@height\dimen\tw@\@depth\z@}$}%
312 \dimen@#1%
313 \advance\dimen@-.8\p@%
314 \setbox\z@\vbox{%
315 \hrule\vss%
316 \hb@xt@\dimen@{%
317 \vrule\@height\ht\z@\@depth\dp\z@\hss%
318 \advance\dimen@-2em%
319 \parbox\dimen@{\centering#4}%
320 \hss\vrule}%
321 \vss\hrule%
322 }%
323 \dimen@#3\advance\dimen@-\dp\z@%
324 \setbox\z@\hbox{\lower\dimen@\box\z@}%
325 \box\z@%
326}
327% \end{macrocode}
328% \end{macro}
329%
330% \subsection{User commands}
331%
332% \begin{macro}{\slowboxbegin}
333% \begin{macro}{\slowboxend}
334% This is just a matter of using the machinery we've built already.
335% \begin{macrocode}
336\def\slowboxbegin{\@ifstar{\sb@go\sb@begin}{\sb@go\sb@begin@show}}
337\long\def\sb@go#1#2#3{#1{#2}{#3}\sb@ignore}
338\def\slowboxend{\sb@end}
339% \end{macrocode}
340% \end{macro}
341% \end{macro}
342%
343% \begin{macro}{\doslowbox}
344% And this too.
345% \begin{macrocode}
346\def\doslowbox{\@ifstar{\sb@do\sb@begin}{\sb@do\sb@begin@show}}
347\long\def\sb@do#1#2#3{#1{#2}{#3}\sb@end}
348% \end{macrocode}
349% \end{macro}
350%
351% \begin{macro}{\newslowboxenv}
352% Something a bit more interesting now. Gathering the optional arguments for
353% |\newenvironment| is a bit tedious, but we do it anyway. Picking up the
354% arguments for the environment is a bit tricky -- they come in the wrong
355% order, unfortunately.
356% \begin{macrocode}
357\def\newslowboxenv#1{\@ifnextchar[{\sb@nenv@i{#1}}{\sb@nenv@do{#1}{}}}
358\def\sb@nenv@i#1[#2]{%
359 \@ifnextchar[{\sb@nenv@ii{#1}{[{#2}]}}{\sb@nenv@do{#1}{[{#2}]}}%
360}
361\def\sb@nenv@ii#1#2[#3]{\sb@nenv@do{#1}{#2[{#2}]}}
362\long\def\sb@nenv@do#1#2#3#4#5#6{%
363 \newenvironment{#1}#2{#3\sb@env\sb@begin{#4}}{\sb@end{#5}#6}%
364 \newenvironment{#1*}#2{#3\sb@env\sb@begin@show{#4}}{\sb@end{#5}#6}%
365}
366\def\sb@env#1#2#3{#1{#3}{#2}\sb@ignore}
367% \end{macrocode}
368% \end{macro}
369%
370% \begin{environment}{slowbox}
371% And the \env{slowbox} is built using the above equipment.
372% \begin{macrocode}
373\newslowboxenv{slowbox}{}{}{}{}
374% \end{macrocode}
375% \end{environment}
376%
377% \begin{macrocode}
378%</package>
379% \end{macrocode}
380%
381% \Finale
382\endinput