Newly defined environment swallows the text it contains












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I want to define an environment to format test directions. So I do this:



documentclass{minimal}
usepackage{lipsum}

newenvironment{directions}
{
noindent fbox{
begin{minipage}[t]{textwidth}
}
{
end{minipage}
}
}

begin{document}

begin{directions}

lipsum[1]

end{directions}

end{document}


Text in that environment does not appear in the compiled document, and I get a forgotten endgroup error (and also an extra } inserted error). I'm pretty sure I've closed all the braces; where did I go wrong?










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    What are the brackets }{ in minipage supposed to match? After commenting them out, the example compiles.

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    Dec 21 '18 at 13:50


















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I want to define an environment to format test directions. So I do this:



documentclass{minimal}
usepackage{lipsum}

newenvironment{directions}
{
noindent fbox{
begin{minipage}[t]{textwidth}
}
{
end{minipage}
}
}

begin{document}

begin{directions}

lipsum[1]

end{directions}

end{document}


Text in that environment does not appear in the compiled document, and I get a forgotten endgroup error (and also an extra } inserted error). I'm pretty sure I've closed all the braces; where did I go wrong?










share|improve this question


















  • 1





    What are the brackets }{ in minipage supposed to match? After commenting them out, the example compiles.

    – homocomputeris
    Dec 21 '18 at 13:50
















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I want to define an environment to format test directions. So I do this:



documentclass{minimal}
usepackage{lipsum}

newenvironment{directions}
{
noindent fbox{
begin{minipage}[t]{textwidth}
}
{
end{minipage}
}
}

begin{document}

begin{directions}

lipsum[1]

end{directions}

end{document}


Text in that environment does not appear in the compiled document, and I get a forgotten endgroup error (and also an extra } inserted error). I'm pretty sure I've closed all the braces; where did I go wrong?










share|improve this question














I want to define an environment to format test directions. So I do this:



documentclass{minimal}
usepackage{lipsum}

newenvironment{directions}
{
noindent fbox{
begin{minipage}[t]{textwidth}
}
{
end{minipage}
}
}

begin{document}

begin{directions}

lipsum[1]

end{directions}

end{document}


Text in that environment does not appear in the compiled document, and I get a forgotten endgroup error (and also an extra } inserted error). I'm pretty sure I've closed all the braces; where did I go wrong?







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    What are the brackets }{ in minipage supposed to match? After commenting them out, the example compiles.

    – homocomputeris
    Dec 21 '18 at 13:50
















  • 1





    What are the brackets }{ in minipage supposed to match? After commenting them out, the example compiles.

    – homocomputeris
    Dec 21 '18 at 13:50










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What are the brackets }{ in minipage supposed to match? After commenting them out, the example compiles.

– homocomputeris
Dec 21 '18 at 13:50







What are the brackets }{ in minipage supposed to match? After commenting them out, the example compiles.

– homocomputeris
Dec 21 '18 at 13:50












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your framebox is not properly closed. in the first part of new environment you should collect content of new environment in some savebox and than it use in the second part inside of framebox. see the following example:



documentclass{minimal}
usepackage{lipsum}

newsaveboxdirectbox
newenvironment{directions}
{
begin{lrbox}{directbox}
begin{minipage}{linewidth}
}{
end{minipage}end{lrbox}
framebox{useboxdirectbox}
}


begin{document}
begin{directions}
lipsum[1]
end{directions}
end{document}


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    your framebox is not properly closed. in the first part of new environment you should collect content of new environment in some savebox and than it use in the second part inside of framebox. see the following example:



    documentclass{minimal}
    usepackage{lipsum}

    newsaveboxdirectbox
    newenvironment{directions}
    {
    begin{lrbox}{directbox}
    begin{minipage}{linewidth}
    }{
    end{minipage}end{lrbox}
    framebox{useboxdirectbox}
    }


    begin{document}
    begin{directions}
    lipsum[1]
    end{directions}
    end{document}


    enter image description here






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      your framebox is not properly closed. in the first part of new environment you should collect content of new environment in some savebox and than it use in the second part inside of framebox. see the following example:



      documentclass{minimal}
      usepackage{lipsum}

      newsaveboxdirectbox
      newenvironment{directions}
      {
      begin{lrbox}{directbox}
      begin{minipage}{linewidth}
      }{
      end{minipage}end{lrbox}
      framebox{useboxdirectbox}
      }


      begin{document}
      begin{directions}
      lipsum[1]
      end{directions}
      end{document}


      enter image description here






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        your framebox is not properly closed. in the first part of new environment you should collect content of new environment in some savebox and than it use in the second part inside of framebox. see the following example:



        documentclass{minimal}
        usepackage{lipsum}

        newsaveboxdirectbox
        newenvironment{directions}
        {
        begin{lrbox}{directbox}
        begin{minipage}{linewidth}
        }{
        end{minipage}end{lrbox}
        framebox{useboxdirectbox}
        }


        begin{document}
        begin{directions}
        lipsum[1]
        end{directions}
        end{document}


        enter image description here






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        your framebox is not properly closed. in the first part of new environment you should collect content of new environment in some savebox and than it use in the second part inside of framebox. see the following example:



        documentclass{minimal}
        usepackage{lipsum}

        newsaveboxdirectbox
        newenvironment{directions}
        {
        begin{lrbox}{directbox}
        begin{minipage}{linewidth}
        }{
        end{minipage}end{lrbox}
        framebox{useboxdirectbox}
        }


        begin{document}
        begin{directions}
        lipsum[1]
        end{directions}
        end{document}


        enter image description here







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