On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 18:01 (+0100), Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

> Am 16.12.2025 um 17:36 schrieb Jim:
>> Hi,

>> I have
>>      \definetyping[MyTEX]
>>          [option=tex,
>> margin=0.2in,
>> before={\blank[2pt]\blank[disable]},
>> after={},
>> tab=8,
>>          ]
>> so that I can later use
>>      \startMyTEX
>>      ...
>>      \stopMyTEX
>> to get the typing set up as I like.  So far so good.

>> However, I would like to use the identical options with \typebuffer.  I had
>> hoped that somehow I would be able to use something like
>>      \typebuffer[SomeBuffer][option=MyTEX]
>> but that (and various other things I tried) doesn't work.  For now I am
>> using
>>      \typebuffer[SomeBuffer][option=tex,
>> margin=0.2in,
>> before={\blank[2pt]\blank[disable]},
>> after={},
>> tab=8,]
>> but it would be nice to not have the same set of options in multiple
>> places, and also nice not to have to have 5 lines of code where I would
>> like only 1.

>> Q: is there some way I can instruct \typebuffer to use the MyTEX typing
>> options?

> \typeMyTEXbuffer[SomeBuffer]

Wolfgang,

thanks very much for the quick response!

I don't see anything in the \definetyping wiki page about \definetyping
also creating \type<myname>buffer; I guess I should add a blurb.  (Right
now the wiki is timing out for me, so I guess it will have to be later.)

                                Jim
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