Re: numbers in @Diag names

[Joe Beach]

Joe Beach wrote:
> Mark Summerfield wrote:
> > On Fri 9-Mar-07, Joe Beach wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I use @Diag to make figures, and it is often convenient to name objects
> > > in the diagram with numbers, such as:
> > >
> > > ITEM1::@Box translate {NW to 0,1} {something}
> > > ITEM2::@Box translate {W to address@hidden {something 2}
> > > ITEM3::@Box translate {W to address@hidden {something 3}
> > >
> > > I sometimes run into problems with numbers in the names, in which lout
> > > gives an error and won't generate the diagram. If I change the names to
> > > something like ITEMONE, ITEMTWO, ITEMTHREE, then things work okay. Have
> > > other people observed this sort of behavior? I'd like to use the numbers
> > > because it lets me use while loops and counters in a script to place an
> > > array of objects on a page.
> >
> > Being able to use numbers would be v. convenient... but you must be
> > careful. According to the user manual (pg. 198) you should only use
> > uppercase letters, and if you use digits then you must enclose the tag
> > in quotes, e.g. "address@hidden".
>
> Ah, thank you. I actually have read quite a bit of the manual, but I 
> must have missed that part about the quotes. I'll give it a try.
>
> Joe Beach

I just tried it, and adding the quotes to the names in the translate 
location worked. Thanks again for the help. So, it looks like:

ITEM1::@Box translate {NW to 0,1} {something}
ITEM2::@Box translate {W to "address@hidden"} {something 2}
ITEM3::@Box translate {W to "address@hidden"} {something 3}

Joe Beach