In a thread on creating random exams with
SageTeX<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups=#!topic/sage-edu/DSOk7CH4wB8>,
I got the idea to make my own .sty file that does some setup and running of
Sage commands for me, and lest me define ways to generate random problems,
permute them, and so on. The problem I'm having is that I can't get
SageTeX to play nicely with either \newcommand or \def, which
obviously sabotages my efforts before I even begin. For instance, I'd want
to be able to do things like \newproblem{...various args...} and have
sagesilent blocks executed that create and store problem objects for later
recall.
But here's what goes wrong.
This file does exactly what you'd expect; it's a trivially tiny SageTeX
document:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{sagetex}
\begin{document}
Testing to see what $1+1$ is: $\sage{1+1}$
\end{document}
This file also typesets correctly and does what you'd expect:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{sagetex}
\begin{document}
Testing to see what $1+1$ is: \begin{sageblock}1+1\end{sageblock}
\end{document}
(It doesn't compute the result, but that's not important right now.)
This file is my first use of \def with SageTeX, and it works fine.
\newcommand works fine in this context as well.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{sagetex}
\def\test{\sage{1+1}}
\begin{document}
Testing to see what $1+1$ is: \test
\end{document}
But this file does not:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{sagetex}
\def\test{\begin{sageblock}1+1\end{sageblock}}
\begin{document}
Testing to see what $1+1$ is: \test
\end{document}
The error is this:
Runaway argument?
\end {document}
! File ended while scanning use of \next.
<inserted text>
\par
The same error occurs if I use \newcommand instead of \def. Any tips on
how I can get past the fact that I can't make commands that use SageTeX?
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