Questions tagged [l3keys]
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How to set a key in “module” and pass the rest of the keys to “module/subgroup” in l3keys?
I'm trying to create a key to pass the rest of the keys to /subgroup based on a boolean condition. That is to say that something like this works:
[key in <module>, rest of keys pass to <...
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Problem passing a key=color (separated by commas) from l3keys to tikz
After a good time searching the forum I gave up (I thought I could do it by myself), I have a problem passing a key from l3keys (separated by commas) to tikz.
I've created a command that accepts ...
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key={v,a,l} argument separated by commas in xparse [duplicate]
I'm trying to create a command to show the distributive property of multiplication (for school effects) using tikzmarks and xparse. So far so good, the code is a bit long and I would like to know if I ...
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Problem with font commands as `l3keys2e` values
I'm setting some fonts and font-related commands using l3keys, and that works just fine—but it seems there's an issue when setting the same keys via l3keys2e. Is this expected behavior? Is there a way ...
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Strange behaviour in l3keys
Consider the following code which uses \keys_set_known:nnN:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{expl3}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\keys_define:nn {empty_module} {}
\keys_define:nn {module1}
{key1 .code:n = {\...
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l3keys2e's option with accent: \UseTextAccent… \@curr@enc error
The following expl3 class, that provides an option (mykeyword) thanks to l3keys2e, works like a charm:
\begin{filecontents*}{myclass.cls}
\RequirePackage{l3keys2e}
\RequirePackage{expl3}
\...
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l3keys2e: best practices to pass options from class to package
I moved part of the code in a class to a new package. This package can handle a couple of options defined using l3keys and processed with l3keys2e (one option being multichoice). My problem is that I ...
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Code hook after variable setting actions in l3keys
I am trying out l3keys for the first time and I am encountering the following issue. I have some boolean keys (true/false). For them it looks nice to use .bool_set:N so that I can get automatic ...
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Extend book class with options of multiple values
I am writing a class based on book.cls, to which I want to have an option that is a list, so I can do
\documentclass[languages={french, english}]{testops}
I have define the key using l3key2e. But it ...
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Store unknown key in l3keys
Is there a good way to store the key of an unknown key-val in expl3? I can get \l_keys_key_tl, but it gets overwritten before it's expanded. I suppose I need to expand it when I store it, but I'm ...
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Pass a list of package-options to a self-written documentclass using l3keys2e
I am writing a documentclass which loads several packages as default. I want to give the user the possibility to pass options to these packages using an documentclass option. Because most packages ...
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How can I recover option values with the current l3keys2e?
Minimal-Compiling-But-Not-Working Example:
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.cls}
\ProvidesClass{\jobname}
\RequirePackage{l3keys2e}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\keys_define:nn { job / doc }
{
doc~name .tl_set:N =...
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How to use choice keys in l3?
I want to create some shortcuts for constants and I want to use these shortcuts for
calculations (without units) for example with \fpeval
with one or two different units
I tried the following code, ...
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LaTeX3 choice keys that set other choice keys
I'm trying to set up choice keys that can implicitly set other choice keys. In both the "parent" and "dependent" keys, the set of choices have the same values.
The code below does more-or-less what I ...
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Setting default values for LaTeX3 keys
I've written the following code for setting values of a key as part of a package I'm working on, and for some odd reason the default doesn't seem to work. When the package this is part of is specified ...
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Use value of token list at time of \keys_set:nn
I'm trying to set up a macro \MyCommand{#1}{#2} which takes two inputs, one being a key-val list and then creates a token list which is named based on the input and the key name, having the value ...
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Key property is unknown
i just updated my Linux distro (Linux Mint 17.3 -> Linux Mint 18) and from TeX Live 2014 to 2016. I have a (large) selfmade documentclass writte in LaTeX3.
Now I tried to compile a document using my ...
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Reason not to use a specific key val package [closed]
According to the very nice list of packages concerning this topic (A big list of every keyval package)
I am confused which package I should use now to be prepared for the future.
Any ideas which ...
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How can I use a tl variable in TikZ options
Im setting up a command with some options via l3keys. One of the options is tikz-options and it should take a list of TikZ options and pass them to a {tikzpicture}.
\documentclass{article}
\...
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Does expl3 key-setting syntax have an equivalent of TikZ/PGF's .cd?
This question has the following form: 'I know how to do X using Y. I can also do X using Z but not so elegantly as using Y. Can I do X using Z in the same way that I can do X using Y, for a more ...
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How to properly parse […]{…} with expl3?
What would be the more efficient way of parsing [...]{...} with expl3, that is to get the content inside the brackets in one variable and the content inside the braces in another one?
This question ...
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Is it possible to label (tag) a value of a (l3keys) key-value in order to reuse it elsewhere easily?
I have a command (\people[⟨options⟩]{⟨name⟩}) for entering people. Its optional argument lets the user specify possible people's (possibly multiple) attribute(s) with a (l3keys) key–value system: ...
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Misunderstanding from l3keys documentation
Based on the interface3 documentation and a nice article in TUGboat, Volume 31 (2010), No. 1 called Programming key–value in expl3 by Joseph Wright, I have been trying to put together a MWE that will ...
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creating an alias for existing key
In there an easy way to define an alias for an existing key which does exactly the same, but without the need to duplicate the code of the existing key? That is, something like:
\keys_define:nn { ...
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How to \clist_set in \msg_new?
Is it possible to process a comma separated list within a LaTeX3 error message?
For example I want to define a message for unknown values to a .choice key like in the following example. I use \test ...
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problem with \ProcessKeysOptions / l3keys2e in texlive 2015 [closed]
In my example the keys seems not to be processed ...
here is file test.cls :
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[2001/06/01]
\RequirePackage{l3keys2e}
\ProvidesExplClass
{test}
{2013/12/23}
{1.0}
{Ceci est ma ...
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expl3: \keys_set_groups:nnn and unknown keys
I'm using \keys_set_groups:nnn to process only subsets of key lists. The problem is that unknown keys doesn't raise an error in this case and so typos can be overlooked easily.
I can get around it ...
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What is the preferred way of expanding twice in expl3?
expl3 includes the o, f, and x argument specifiers for one-level and the two kinds of full expansion, respectively, before passing the argument to the base function. What is the preferred way of ...
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l3keys: how to store the value of a choice key more effectively?
I want to define with l3keys a choice key which also stores the value given to the key. That's easy enough:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{expl3}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\tl_new:N \curmykey
\keys_define:...
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Accessing sub/keys with l3keys
I'm not sure if I'm taking it too far, but I think I've seen something like this around. This gives an error:
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{xparse}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\NewDocumentCommand \RULE {}
...
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How can I define a greedy macro?
I have a feeling this is a duplicate somewhere, but how can I ensure that TeX will keep scanning until \relax or something similar?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xparse}
\pagestyle{empty}
\...
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Use choice key with choices setting booleans
When defining choice keys with l3keys2e there are two possible ways and I use the one with sub-keys in a new package. When defining watch each value should do interface3.pdf says that I can use .code ...
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Clash between fontspec and l3keys2e with multichoice keys
Consider the minimal example:
\begin{filecontents}{test.cls}
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1994/06/01]
\RequirePackage{expl3,l3keys2e}
\ProvidesExplClass
{test}
{2013/12/23}
{1.0}
{A test class}
\...
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Processing document class options with l3keys
How can I parse (that is, access) the entire option list given to the current document class with l3keys?
This would obviously need some sort of
\keys_define:nn { document-class-?? }
{
default ....
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How to dynamically give key names with expl3?
I have a property list which associate names with values
name 1 -> value 1
name 2 -> value 2
...
I want to use names from the property list to dynamically create keys. The following code
\...
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Scanning l3key with document catcodes?
Similar to the way TikZ attempts to use unknown keys as values for the color key, I would like to interpret an unknown key as the value for one of my own keys, decoration (not to be confused with the ...
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LaTeX3: l3keys Multiple-Choices Keys and Startup Value for Predefined Choice Integer Variable
In the interface3 documentation it can be read (what follows is not a literal quotation) that the variable \l_keys_choice_int is available to be used as an index register for a multiple-choices key ...
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Log all keys in a module
Using l3keys, is there any way to inspect the keys currently in a (sub)module?
I'm looking for something like \clist_show, but for keys.
\keys_show sounded promising, but requires that you already ...
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Is there any way to add a key to a sub/module in l3keys?
I need to loop through a comma-separated list, creating them all as keys for a data structure.
I can't think of a way to loop through the keys inside \keys_define:nn, so the only other option I see is ...
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Generate l3keys meta key from subkey
I’ve created a simple package with options settable via l3keys2e. I was able to figure out how to make the syntax
\usepackage[format = international]{phone}
work, but I’d like to make the syntax
\...
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key-value is not being read as expected
I'm trying to write some code that allows me to reveal in stages the content of a pre-existing file (a pspicture showing a geometric construction). I'm trying to write this using LaTeX3. I've got ...
