Text Formatting ⇒ newenvironment

[glp40hs]

Hello everybody, I would like to make a new environment that the interior must be a text in red. See the example:

Simple Code:
\newenvironment{test}{Begin the text \\ }{\\End the text!}

\begin{test}
paragraph 1
paragraph 2
paragraph 3
\end{test}

Result:

Begin the text
paragraph 1
paragraph 2
paragraph 3
End the text!

Intended Result:

Begin the text
paragraph 1
paragraph 2
paragraph 3
End the text!

Which parameters should I use in \newenvironment to be the Intended Result shown above?

I greatly appreciate the help.

[gmedina]

Hi,

try something like this:

Code: Select all

\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{xcolor}

\newenvironment{redtext}
  {\par\color{red}}
  {\par}

\begin{document}

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text
\begin{redtext}
text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text
\end{redtext}
text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

\end{document} 

Edit: now that I read your question again, maybe you need something like this:

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\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{xcolor}

\newsavebox{\mybox}

\newenvironment{redtext}[2]
  {\sbox{\mybox}{#2}\par#1\par\color{red}}
  {\normalcolor\par\usebox{\mybox}\par}

\begin{document}

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text
\begin{redtext}{Some text at the beginning}{Some text at the end}
text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text
\end{redtext}
text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

\end{document}