On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 04:55:51PM +1000, Terry Collins wrote: : The Latex Companion by Goosens etal gives an example on Page 36 of how : this can be done. The example is; : : : \newcommand{\listofexamples}{\@starttoc{loe}} : \newcommand{\pcaption}[1]{\addcontentsline{loe}{example}{#1}} : \newcommand{\l@example}[2]{\par\noindent#1 {\itshape #2}} : : : Unfortunately, something is wrong with the above and latex puts out this : message that I haven't been able to fathom out. : ................................................................... : : ! LaTeX Error: Command \l already defined. : Or name \end... illegal, see p.192 of the manual. : : See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. : Type H <return> for immediate help. : ... : : l.35 ...example}[2]{\par\noindent#1 {\itshape #2}} : : ? : : ........................................ : : Clue sticks gratefully accepted {:-).
Did you do this inside a .sty or .cls file (or whatever extension they now use), or did you do inside your .tex or .ltx file? Check out \makeatletter. -- Christopher Vance -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug