New environment using tasks

Question

I'm trying to create a new environment:

\newenvironment{tasksx}{
    \begin{tasks}[counter-format = (tsk[a]), after-item-skip = -.5ex, before-skip = -2.5em, after-skip = 1em]
        \task
    \end{tasks}
}

But when I try to compile:

Text 
\begin{tasksx}(3)
\task 1
\task 2
\task 3
\task 4
\task 5
\end{tasksx}

I get the error: !Undefined control sequence. \task 1

Answer 1

In order to define a new environment that behaves like the tasks environment, the tasks package offers the \NewTasks command. The general usage of this command is \NewTasks[〈options〉]{〈name〉}[〈separator〉](〈cols〉) as shown in the following MWE:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tasks}
\NewTasks[counter-format = (tsk[a]), after-item-skip = -.5ex, before-skip = -2.5em, after-skip = 1em]{mytask}[\task](1)
\begin{document}
\begin{mytask}
\task bla
\end{mytask}
\end{document}