[texhax] \newcommand

[Herbert Gintis]

None of the suggestions worked for me. I don't know what is the matter with 
the code. BUT this does work:

\makeatletter
\def\mybox(#1,#2){%
\setlength{\unitlength}{1pt}%
\begin{picture}(\strip at pt\linewidth,#1)%
\put(0,0){\framebox(\strip at pt\linewidth,#1)[tl]{#2}}%
\end{picture}
}
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\mybox(72,Zn)
\end{document}



> >\newcommand{\mybox}[2]{%
> >  \setlength{\unitlength}{1pt}
> >  \makeatletter
> >  \begin{picture}(\strip at pt\linewidth,#1)
> >    \put(0,0){\framebox(\strip at pt\linewidth,#1)[tl]{#2}}
> >  \end{picture}
> >  \makeatother}
>
>If the entire thing is enclosed in \makeatletter...\makeatother (or
>equivalently put in a style file), then the \makeatletter...\makeatother
>inside the command (lines 3 and 7 above) is not necessary, correct?
>
>--
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