General ⇒ how can I make my own environment

[yotama9]

Hi guys.

Where can I find a guide of how can I create my own environment which is based on an exciting one?

Please note, I don't want to change the old environment but I simply want to create new one which "inherit" some of the old one properties?

Thanks.

Yotam

[localghost]

Just propose targeted questions. Explain which environment you mean and which of its properties you want to change.

I'm not aware of a special guide but every book about LaTeX basics should describe how to create own environments. If you want to know more about existing environments take a look at the class files or the latex.ltx kernel file. Its sources are described in source2e (web search for source2e.pdf).


Best regards
Thorsten

[yotama9]

I want to modify a little bit the equation environment:

• I want to shift the numbering of the equation one line down.
• I want to be able to refer to the equation with it's own counter using \cref I read some documentation about it.
• I think I need it to be a float because I want latex to move to the next page the equation if the number and the equation are separated.

Here is what I'm using now:

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%Creating counter for reactions
\newcounter{reaction}[chapter]
\newenvironment{reaction}[1]{
    \refstepcounter{reaction}
    \begin{equation*}
     \ce{#1}
    \end{equation*}
    \begin{flushright}
      reaction (\arabic{section}.\arabic{reaction})
    \end{flushright}
    }
  {}

[yotama9]

bump

localghost. I know you placed a solution to this in another thread but I don't want to blindly paste parts but rather to understand our code.

Yotam