CTAN package update: newcommand

[CTAN Announcements]

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be
at your favorite mirror.

Thank you,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
 
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: newcommand
Author's name: Scott Pakin
Location on CTAN: /support/newcommand
Summary description: Easily generate complex LaTeX macro definitions
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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LaTeX's \newcommand is fairly limited in the way it processes optional
arguments, but the TeX alternative, a batch of \defs and \futurelets,
can be overwhelming to the casual LaTeX user.  newcommand.py is a
Python program that automatically generates LaTeX macro definitions
for macros that require more powerful argument processing than
\newcommand can handle.  newcommand.py is intended for LaTeX advanced
beginners (i.e., those who know how to use \newcommand but not
internal LaTeX2e commands such as \@ifnextchar) and for more advanced
users who want to save some typing when defining complex macros.

This update supports optional arguments whose default value is the
value of a preceding argument.
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   http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/newcommand
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   http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/newcommand
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