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  2. From: lubkt@lehigh.edu (Binod K. Taterway)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
  4. Subject: Re: Excluding text from processing
  5. Message-ID: <lubkt.5.725063774@lehigh.edu>
  6. Date: 22 Dec 92 22:36:14 GMT
  7. References: <MAILQUEUE-101.921221141636.480@mail.lshtm.ac.uk> <1h59iqINNgtq@golem.wcc.govt.nz>
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  13. In article <1h59iqINNgtq@golem.wcc.govt.nz> wright@med.wcc.govt.nz (Steve Wright  Phone +64 04 801 3735) writes:
  14. >In article <MAILQUEUE-101.921221141636.480@mail.lshtm.ac.uk>, ABARROS@lshtm.ac.uk (Aluisio J D Barros) writes:
  15.  
  16. >>How can I exclude a chunk of text from being processed? I mean, as if
  17. >>all lines started with % signs. I have already tried to create an
  18. >>environment like \start{ignorethis}...\end{ignorethis} but it did not
  19. >>work.
  20. >>
  21.  
  22. How about
  23.  
  24. \def\comment#1{}
  25.  
  26. Then
  27.  
  28. \comment{
  29. You text here that won't be processed.
  30. }
  31.  
  32. Caveat: The above approach won't work if you have more than a paragraph.
  33.  
  34. Regards,
  35.  
  36. Binod.
  37.