Re: math macro with arguments problem \mbox containing blanks in math mode?

[Dekel Tsur]

On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 10:46:35AM +0200, Guenter Milde wrote:
> This could be automated with a math-macro. I tried and defined a makro \cases
> 
> However, in 1.1.16 it does not work correct: The arguments (#1 ... #4) are not
> red in the editing box (as is told in the manual) and, when called, instead of empty 
>boxes it
> puts #1 ... #4 verbatim into the array.
> 
> (this happens for every argument containing macro I tried)

Your problem is that you shouldn't enter #1 in the macro definition.
Instead, you should write 'math-macro-arg 1' in the minibuffer.
Also, \cases is a command in latex. Use a different name.