General ⇒ Environment to list content

[jc_tex]

I would like to use an “environment” or some form of command that would achieve the following:
There would be 5 fields:
• Question (could be a paragraph or more text with formulas, tables,…)
• Author (less than 128 characters)
• Title (less than 128 characters)
• Tag (open of closed, so binary)
• Optional field for answer (could be a paragraph or more,…)
Then I would be able to call this environment anywhere in my documents.
In addition I’d like to be able to make a list of (open) questions with titles like a list of figures for instance.
Any ideas where I could find something like that? Or how to create it?
Thanks

[gmedina]

Hi,

and the format for the arguments in the final document? Please describe the desired final layout for "Question", "Author", "Title", "Tag" and "Answer".

[jc_tex]

Hi,

It would look like

Question 2.3. -- Short title (Closed) %in bold, and that would be the third question in chap 2.
This is the text for the main question.
My name, Sept 1st 2010
Answer 2.3.
This is the answer of the question.
Other name, Sept 12th 2010

And then I'd like the ability to list all (open or not) question titles at the beginning of the document.

Thanks

[gmedina]

I think it's better to have two environments: one for the questions and the other one for the answers. The following code will give you some ideas:

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\documentclass{book} 
\usepackage{tocloft}

\newcommand{\listquestionname}{List of Questions}
\newlistof[chapter]{question}{qst}{\listquestionname}

\newsavebox\mybox

\newenvironment{Myquestion}[3]
  {\refstepcounter{question}%
    \addcontentsline{qst}{question}{\protect\numberline{\thequestion} #1}
    \medskip\noindent{\bfseries Question~\thequestion--#1 (#2)}\\\textit{#3}\\%
  }
  {\par}
\newenvironment{Myanswer}[1]
  {\sbox\mybox{\textit{#1}}
    \par\noindent{\bfseries Answer~\thequestion}\\%
  }
  {\\\usebox\mybox\par}

\begin{document}
\listofquestion

\chapter{Test chapter}

\begin{Myquestion}{Short title}{Closed}{My name, Sept. 1st 2010}
The text of the question goes here.
\end{Myquestion}
\begin{Myanswer}{Other name, Sept. 12th 2010}
The text of the answer goes here.
\end{Myanswer}

\begin{Myquestion}{Short title}{Open}{My name, Sept. 1st 2010}
The text of the question goes here.
\end{Myquestion}

\chapter{Test chapter two}

\begin{Myquestion}{Short title}{Open}{My name, Sept. 2nd 2010}
The text of the question goes here.
\end{Myquestion}

\end{document} 

Of course, feel free to adapt my example to meet your needs.

[jc_tex]

Thank you very much gmedina, that's what I needed.

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