[OS X TeX] Scandinavian {\aa} ??

[Bruno Voisin]

Le 25 mars 08 à 22:33, Maarten Sneep a écrit :

> But avoid \def unless you _really_ know what you're doing, and  
> single letter macros are just too dangerous.

By the way, do you know a way to write a command defining another  
command and not involving \def?

For example, in a custom fax class I once wrote:

\newcommand*{\subject}[1]{\def\thesubject{#1}}
\newcommand*{\noofpages}[1]{\def\thenoofpages{#1}}
\subject{}
\noofpages{}

which mimics code from letter.cls such as

\newcommand*{\name}[1]{\def\fromname{#1}}
\newcommand*{\signature}[1]{\def\fromsig{#1}}
\newcommand*{\address}[1]{\def\fromaddress{#1}}
\newcommand*{\location}[1]{\def\fromlocation{#1}}
\newcommand*{\telephone}[1]{\def\telephonenum{#1}}
\name{}
\signature{}
\address{}
\location{}
\telephone{}

and is used as in \subject{Scandinavian letter}.

I tried replacing \def by \newcommand, but that just didn't work.

Bruno