No, that doesn't work:
. loc M1 hello
. loc M2 goodbye
. loc a \`M1'
. loc b \`M2'
. loc c `a' `b'
. mac list
_c: hello goodbye
_b: `M2'
_a: `M1'
_M2: goodbye
_M1: hello
But I want:
_c: `M1' `M2'
Keith
At 08:03 PM 24/05/2008, you wrote:
--- Keith Dear <[email protected]> wrote:
> Two related questions (or one qn and one wish):
>
> How can I concatenate local macros if their contents are themselves
> quoted macro names?
>
> loc a \`M1' // macro a contains `M1'
> loc b \`M2'
> loc c:list a+b // but there is no + operator
what about loc c `a' `b' ?
-- Maarten
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