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-% \iffalse
-% +AMDG This document was begun on 9 November 2007, the
-% commemoration of St. Theodore the Martyr, and it is humbly
-% dedicated to him and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
-% for their prayers, and to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
-% for His mercy. Also to St. Peter Damien, Hammer of
-% heretics, and to St. Pius V, and St. Thomas Aquinas; pray
-% for us!
-%
-% This document is copyright 2008 by Donald P. Goodman, and is
-% released publicly under the LaTeX Project Public License. The
-% distribution and modification of this work is constrained by the
-% conditions of that license. See
-% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
-% for the text of the license. This document is released
-% under version 1.3 of that license, and this work may be distributed
-% or modified under the terms of that license or, at your option, any
-% later version.
-%
-% This work has the LPPL maintenance status 'maintained'.
-%
-% The Current Maintainer of this work is Donald P. Goodman
-% (dgoodmaniii@gmail.com).
-%
-% This work consists of the files catechis.ins and
-% catechis.sty, along with the README.
-% \fi
-%
-% \maketitle
-% \begin{abstract}
-% The |catechis| package is a simple package which defines a number of highly
-% customizable macros for writing catechisms. These include a numbered
-% question environment; a command for comments and one for scripture
-% citations; and special commands and lengths which can be easily
-% altered for each, thus making, for example, the indentation of each question
-% and answer easily altered according to situation and taste.
-% \end{abstract}
-%
-% \tableofcontents
-%
-% \section{Introduction}
-%
-% There is no package which provides appropriate commands for writing
-% catechism questions and explanations. One-off hacks are, of course,
-% quite easy to produce:
-% \begin{quote}
-% |\begin{enumerate}| \\
-% |\item \textbf{Who made us?} \\ God made us.| \\
-% |\item \textbf{Why did God make us?} \\ God made us to know | \\
-% |Him, love Him, and serve Him, and by so doing to gain | \\
-% |everlasting life with Him in Heaven.|\\
-% |\end{enumerate}|
-% \end{quote}
-% However, this solution is far from satisfactory. It's unportable, fit really
-% only for this one document; uncustomizable, because it's hard-wired to do
-% only this one thing; unmodifiable, at least automatically, because it uses
-% explicit visual formatting in the text (which itself it totally antithetical
-% to \LaTeX\ principles); and far too wordy. What is desired is something
-% more along the lines of the following:
-% \begin{quote}
-% |\catques{Who made us?}{God made us.}| \\
-% |\catques{Why did God make us?}{God made us to know Him, love |\\
-% |Him, and serve Him, and by so doing to gain everlasting life |\\
-% |with Him in Heaven.}|
-% \end{quote}
-% The |catechis| package was designed to provide just these such commands,
-% with significant further additions useful for catechism writing, as well.
-%
-% This document was produced in accordance with the \LaTeX\
-% \textsc{docstrip} utility.
-%
-% This is version 1.1 of |catechis|; the only change is some
-% cleaning up of the |enumerate|s, mostly just hard-wiring
-% everything so that it actually works. While this comes at
-% the cost of flexibility, it gains\ldots well, actually
-% working, so I considered this a good deal. Hopefully I'll
-% be able to add some flexibility on this score in the
-% future; until then, you can still use the default
-% |enumerate|s but calling them outside of a |\catques|.
-%
-% Any questions, comments, and improvements can be sent to the package author,
-% Donald Goodman, at dgoodmaniii at gmail dot com.
-%
-% \section{Basic Usage}
-%
-% Basic usage is\ldots well, it's basic. There's one basic command which
-% answers most catechism needs: \DescribeMacro{\catques}|\catques|.
-% \cmd{\catques} is, as the name implies, the means of formatting most
-% catechism questions. Its usage is simple:
-% \begin{quote}
-% \cs{catques}\marg{question text}\marg{answer text}
-% \end{quote}
-% And that's all there is to it. A question number will be generated, the
-% question itself will be formatted, then a line break, and then the answer
-% will be formatted. And you're done. The above, for example, looks like
-% this:
-% \begin{quote}
-% \catques{Who made us?}{God made us.}\catques{Why did God make us?}{God made
-% us to know Him, love Him, and serve Him, and by so doing to gain everlasting
-% life with Him in Heaven.}
-% \end{quote}
-% Minus the indentation added by the |quote| environment I've wrapped it in
-% here, of course.
-%
-% That is, in a nutshell, all there is to the basic usage of the |catechis|
-% package.
-%
-% \subsection{The List Hacks}
-%
-% The package also includes some ugly hacks on |enumerate| which,
-% though ugly, do what they are supposed to do. That is, they alter the
-% indentation and spacing of the |enumerate| environments to make it
-% conform with those in traditional catechisms that have fallen under my
-% gaze. What these means, practically, is merely the following:
-% \begin{enumerate}
-% \item The labels for the environments are altered appropriately;
-% rather than beginning with arabic numerals, it begins with lower-case
-% letters, then moves on to arabic numerals, then to romanettes.
-% \item The punctuation is different; first level is followed by a
-% period, second is enclosed in parentheses, third is followed by a
-% period.
-% \item The indentation is altered to make it work better with the
-% question indentation used.
-% \end{enumerate}
-% So enjoy the |enumerate|s, though they're really not anything
-% remarkable.
-%
-% \subsection{Customization of Basic Usage}
-%
-% However, there's much more to it than that \emph{if the user wants there to
-% be}. In the tradition of Peter Wilson,\footnote{Author of a number of highly
-% customizable and versatile packages and classes, from |tocbibind| and
-% |epigraph| to the monumental |memoir| class, which has a manual well worth
-% the reading even if the class will not be used. His packages are
-% masterpieces; no comparison is meant (or possible) between them and this
-% rather hackish and inelegant one.} I endeavored to make the
-% package as customizable as possible. Thus, more or less all of the
-% formatting decisions (namely, all except those which are universal among all
-% works of the type) have been placed inside command names or specially named
-% lengths, to be altered by standard \LaTeX\ |\renewcommand|s or
-% |\setlength|s. Use of these commands can easily be found from any number of
-% basic \LaTeX\ tutorials.\footnote{The most useful, this author found, was
-% the nearly ubiquitous \textit{The Not-so-short Introduction to \LaTeXe},
-% available from CTAN.}
-%
-% For example, if you don't want the question number to be in bold (the
-% default), you just have to redefine the macro\DescribeMacro{\quesnumweight}
-% | \quesnumweight|, and it will take on the weight you put there. If you
-% wanted normal weight, just say:
-% \begin{quote}
-% |\renewcommand\quesnumweight{}|
-% \end{quote}
-% Your question number will now be weightless; that is, normal weight, not
-% bolded. You've overridden the default. This command, like all such
-% commands, will only take effect on those |\catques| commands issued
-% \emph{after} the formatting command is issued.
-%
-% But though your question number will then be formatted as you like, you may
-% not like the question itself. You may want the question itself to also be
-% normal weight. Use the macro\DescribeMacro{\questionweight}
-% | \questionweight|. If you want to italicize them, redefine the macros
-% \DescribeMacro{\quesnumstyle}|\quesnumstyle| and
-% \DescribeMacro{\questionstyle}|\questionstyle|. To do this, simply place the
-% name of the command you want to work on the unit in the argument of the
-% macro; no braces are needed, being added by the package itself. Thus, issue
-% the simple command |\renewcommand\questionstyle{\textit}|, and the question
-% will become italicized.
-%
-% Formatting the answer is predictable: use the macros
-% \DescribeMacro{\answeight}|\answeight| and
-% \DescribeMacro{\ansstyle}|\ansstyle| in the same way.
-%
-% If you want to change the spacing involved, you must begin to use
-% |\setlength| commands instead, but the principle is identical. Say, for
-% example, that you don't like the amount of space put in between the questions
-% by default (1em plus 2pt minus 2pt). All you have to do is change the
-% length named \DescribeMacro{\questionskip}|\questionskip|. |\questionskip|
-% is rubber by default, because otherwise the package would produce horrible
-% |overfull vbox| errors every time it was used; this cannot be overriden
-% without changing the internal definitions of the package itself. I did this
-% so that unsuspecting newby users, God bless them, wouldn't unknowingly make
-% it impossible for \LaTeX\ to properly justify their pages. Thus, that
-% plus 2pt minus 2pt rubber length is unchangeable. I may change this in
-% future releases, but for now, it's there for good.
-%
-% On the other hand, all other lengths are, by default, rigid, though they
-% can be made rubber by defining them as such. If, for example, you want to
-% change the space in between the questions and answers, just give a new
-% length to \DescribeMacro{\answerskip}|\answerskip|, which defaults to 0em.
-%
-% For the indentations, the lengths are again broken into those for questions
-% and those for answers. Plus, indentation styles are provided, to allow for
-% either hanging or normal indentation. First, the question indents.
-%
-% The question indents depend upon the \emph{style} of indentation for their
-% implementation. By ``style'' I mean just ``hanging'' or ``normal.'' The
-% default for questions is ``hanging''; that's how the second line of the
-% question is indented inward while the first line is flush with the margin.
-% If you don't like this behavior, then simply redefine the command
-% \DescribeMacro{\quesindentstyle}|\quesindentstyle| from |\hangindent| (the
-% default) to |\parindent| (normal, paragraph-style indentation). For the
-% answers, use \DescribeMacro{\ansindentstyle}|\ansindentstyle|, which defaults
-% to |\parindent|, rather than to |\hangindent| like its question counterpart.
-%
-% Next, you have to modify the lengths (maybe). First, the basic answer
-% indentation. By default, the answers are indented by a specific amount,
-% namely \DescribeMacro{\defanswerindent}|\defanswerindent| minus
-% \DescribeMacro{\answerindent}|\answerindent|. This was to allow for the
-% indentation to be easily set to be equal to the question number plus the
-% space prior to the beginning of the question text. |\defanswerindent| is
-% set to precisely that length, and |\answerindent| is initialized at 0. If
-% you want, for example, the answers to be flush to the left margin along with
-% the question number, simply define |\answerindent| to cancel out
-% |\defanswerindent|:
-% \begin{quote}
-% |\settowidth\answerindent{\quesnumweight{\quesnumstyle{\thequesnum. }}}%|
-% \end{quote}
-% I wish it weren't that complicated, but that's what it takes; hopefully I'll
-% be able to make it more intuitive later. For some reason simply issuing
-% |\setlength\answerindent{\the\defanswerindent}| does not work; I hope to
-% resolve this question soon.
-%
-% Otherwise, however, simply set |\answerindent| equal to whatever you want to
-% \emph{subtract} from |\defanswerindent|, the default. If you want the
-% indentation to be larger, make sure you define your |\answerindent| as a
-% negative length.
-%
-% Now for the paragraph indentations for questions and answers. We've already
-% seen how to set indentation ``style.'' To change actual indentation length
-% (whether hanging or normal) use the
-% \DescribeMacro{\quesparindent}|\quesparindent| (which modifies an internal
-% variable, |\defquesparindent|, in the same way as |\answerindent| does) and
-% \DescribeMacro{\ansparindent}|\ansparindent|, which works independently.
-% By default, |\defquesparindent| is set to equal the width of the question
-% number plus the space preceeding the beginning of actual question text;
-% since |\answerindent| takes care of this already for answers, it is initially
-% set to zero. To cancel out |\defquesparindent|, simply redefine it as for
-% cancelling |\defanswerindent| (replacing |\answerindent| with
-% |\quesparindent|, of course). |\ansparindent| can be increased or decreased
-% in the usual way.
-%
-% The right indentation of the answers can also be changed with the
-% predictably named length \DescribeMacro{\rtanswerindent}|\rtanswerindent|.
-% It can be changed in the normal manner.
-%
-% The |enumerate|s are not particularly customizable; this is because
-% I found altering the default \LaTeX\ code for them unbelievably hairy.
-% Even as they are, they are remarkably ugly, and include one hack for
-% getting the margins lined up properly that is quite probably the
-% absolute worst piece of programming I've ever done. But struggle as I
-% might (for hours) I couldn't get it to work without it, so\ldots there
-% we are.
-%
-% That essentially completes the discussion of the basic command of the
-% |catechis| package. Now we may discuss some of its more advanced features.
-%
-% \section{Advanced Features}
-%
-% \subsection{Comments}
-%
-% \DescribeMacro{\catcomment}
-% Oftentimes in catechisms the answer, while giving the basic truth
-% behind the subject, doesn't give enough information. For this sort of
-% situation the |\catcomment| command was prepared. Basically, |\catcomment|
-% places a comment (by default, in normal weight italic) wherever it
-% happens to be issued, with the same left and right indentation as its
-% parent element.
-%
-% It's important that |\catcomment|s be issued as part of their parent
-% element (normally, a |\catques| answer); that is, it should be issued
-% \emph{before} the closing brace (|}|) of whatever it's commenting on.
-% Otherwise, the spacing will probably look quite odd. This is because
-% |\catcomment| doesn't issue any |\par|s; it's literally part of whatever
-% it's issued in. But that's for the code
-% section.\footnote{\textit{See} section \ref{sect:code}, at
-% \pageref{sect:code}.}
-%
-% By default, as said above, |\catcomment|s are set in normal weight
-% italic; their indentation will be identical to that of the parent
-% element. I have not included any way to alter the indentation easily,
-% as I didn't see any reasonable explanation for doing so. I'm willing,
-% of course, to take contrary arguments.
-%
-% \DescribeMacro{\commentstyle}\DescribeMacro{\commentweight}
-% The macros |\commentweight| and |\commentstyle| can both be
-% redefined to format the comments to your needs and tastes. They are
-% redefined in the usual way.
-%
-% \subsection{Citations Lists}
-%
-% Most catechisms also include citation lists (usually Scriptural,
-% entirely or nearly so) to justify their points, especially on the more
-% important questions. So |catechis| includes a way to typeset such
-% entries, as well.
-%
-% \DescribeMacro{\citetitle}\DescribeMacro{citeword}
-% The |\citetitle| command would normally be issued at the beginning
-% of the section including citations. By default, it simply skips
-% down 1em, then prints what's contained in the macro |\citeword| (by
-% default, this is simply ``Scripture'') in small caps, centered, and
-% then turns things back over to the user. If you want something
-% other than ``Scripture'' to be printed as the title, simply redefine
-% |\citeword| to something else (say, ``Citations'') by issuing the
-% following:
-% \begin{quote}
-% |\renewcommand\citeword{Citations}|
-% \end{quote}
-%
-% \DescribeMacro{\citetitlestyle}\DescribeMacro{\citetitleweight}
-% To alter the style in which the |\citetitle| is printed, just
-% redefine the macros |\citetitleweight| and |\citetitlestyle|. By
-% default, |\citetitleweight| is set to nothing (that is, normal
-% weight) and |\citetitlestyle| to |\textsc|.
-%
-% \DescribeMacro{\scripture}
-% Next, you simply issue the |\scripture| command repeatedly, once for
-% each citation in your list. (In retrospect, this really should have
-% been something more like |\citation|, but I'm afraid of conflicts with
-% \textsc{Bib}\TeX, about which I know nothing.) |\scripture| takes
-% two arguments, the first the citation itself and the second its
-% source. It simply fills the current line with space, starts a new
-% one, prints its first argument, fills the final line of that argument
-% with space, and then prints its second argument left justified. So
-% the command should be formatted like so:
-% \begin{quote}
-% \cs{scripture}\marg{citation text}\marg{source text}
-% \end{quote}
-%
-% Yes, you guessed it; the formatting can be customized. By default,
-% the citation is printed in normal weight italics, and the source is
-% printed in normal weight Roman. You can changed each one of these
-% easily by redefining commands.
-%
-% \DescribeMacro{\citeweight}\DescribeMacro{\citestyle}
-% \DescribeMacro{\citesize}
-% The three macros in the left margin control the formatting of the
-% citations. This time, however, the size can be individually
-% controlled. This is because I was able to use |\par|s internally in
-% the macros without hosing all the other formatting, since the
-% citations are all set aside on their own and not dependent on their
-% parent element. So enjoy; just redefine the commands as usual.
-%
-% \DescribeMacro{\sourceweight}\DescribeMacro{\sourcestyle}
-% \DescribeMacro{\sourcesize}
-% The three macros in the left margin at this paragraph control the
-% formatting of the source. It's pretty tight, huh? Really, though,
-% there isn't much to say; I'm only continuing to write so that this
-% paragraph will fill up enough to offset the margin space used by by
-% those commands.
-%
-% So that's the package. Please refer to Section \ref{sect:examp} for
-% visual examples of the default behavior of these macros. I pray
-% that this package be useful to you and lead to the edification and
-% salvation of souls.
-%
-% \section{Examples}
-% \label{sect:examp}
-%
-% This section is intended to demonstrate the default behavior of the
-% macros. It also demonstrates the heavily modified |enumerate|
-% environment that is employed, but not described here because it
-% involves no new macros but those in standard \LaTeX. So here it
-% goes.
-% \setcounter{quesnum}{0}
-%
-% \catques{Who made us?}{God made us.}
-%
-% \catques{Why did God make us?}{God made us to know Him, love Him,
-% and serve Him, and by so doing to gain Heaven.}
-% \catques{Are you going to write any actual examples, or just copy
-% them all from other catechisms?}{Wait for it; I'm going to write
-% some of my own. The two above are from the Baltimore Catechism,
-% verbatim or nearly so, for those who don't know.}
-% \catques{Did you make a package for writing catechisms? For
-% serious?}{Yes, I did. I had a number of reasons for this:
-% \begin{enumerate}
-% \item I wanted to typeset one or two for myself.
-% \catcomment{This although I've already done so in a very hacked,
-% difficult to read and difficult to write style. But at least I'm
-% (hopefully) making it easier for others.}
-% \begin{enumerate}
-% \item There's one in \textit{Thomistic Salvation}.
-% \catcomment{And it's not half bad. I think it addresses the issues it
-% was meant to address pretty thoroughly, in a basic, catechism sort of
-% way.}
-% \item There's also one in \textit{Officium Parvum}.\label{testlabel}
-% \catcomment{This one could use some work. But it still isn't
-% terrible.}
-% \begin{enumerate}
-% \item And now for a few more items\ldots
-% \begin{enumerate}
-% \item Just to see what they look like.
-% \end{enumerate}
-% \end{enumerate}
-% \end{enumerate}
-% \item It's a part of my plan to make a complete Catholic
-% desktop (though what that plan is, exactly, is still somewhat
-% up in the air).
-% \catcomment{I'm trying to flesh this idea out a little more. It will
-% at least contain a couple of \LaTeX\ packages and a multilingual
-% Scripture-searching tool; hopefully also a Catholic calendar desklet
-% and similar items.}
-% \end{enumerate}
-% } %
-%
-% \catques{All right, I guess so. But it still seems weird.}{Maybe.
-% But I think (hope) it'll bear fruit.
-% \catcomment{And I'm very hopeful. Hope is, after all, one of the
-% three theological virtues, and mentioned repeatedly in the Scriptures
-% as necessary for us to have.}
-% }%
-%
-% \catques{Here's a really long question that I'm trying to make
-% wrap onto another line so that we can see how that will behave.
-% Will it behave well?}{Yes, it will behave well. The algorithm
-% is reasonably obedient and well-behaved.}
-% \catques{What about the Scripture citations you often see in
-% catechisms? Can this hooty-falooty package of yours handle those?}{%
-% I'm glad you asked. Yes, this package can easily handle those.
-% \catcomment{Even in conjunction with a catcomment, you'll notice;
-% versatility (and ease of goal) is always the key.}
-% \citetitle
-% \scripture{In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
-% and the Word was God.}{St.~John 1:1.}
-% \scripture{Where wast thou when I laid up the foundations of the
-% earth? tell me if thou hast understanding.}{Job 38:4}
-% }%
-% \catques{Finally, how do the labels work with the hacked
-% |enumerate|s?}{Well, they work all right, thanks to |varioref|; in fact,
-% here's one: \ref{testlabel}.}
-% \catques{I want to see some double-digit question numbers.}{I'm
-% working on it; only one more question to go.}
-% \catques{Finally; do they indent properly and all, at least with the
-% defaults?}{Yes, they indent exactly as one would expect.
-% \catcomment{Although in this, my first real foray into serious
-% \LaTeX\ programming, I found that very little works as expected, and
-% one must have a very thorough knowledge of internals to avoid being
-% surprised and having to work quite hard to figure out some unexpected
-% results.}
-% }
-% \catques{Do the enumerates line up properly even when
-% there are two digits in the question number?}{
-% \begin{enumerate}
-% \item Do the enumerates still have proper margins with
-% multiple-digit question numbers?
-% \item Why, yes. Yes, they do.
-% \end{enumerate}
-% }
-%
-% \section{Implementation}
-% \label{sect:code}
-%
-% Here's the specifications of the code. Bear with me; I'm really
-% only an amateur \LaTeX\ programmer (the code will reveal this to
-% anyone with real experience), so it's probably pretty sloppy.
-%
-% First we name the package.
-% \begin{macrocode}
-\ProvidesPackage{catechis}
-% \end{macrocode}
-%
-% Then we call the packages that we're going to require. I call
-% |calc| and |ifthen| reflexively; neither are used extensively, but
-% both some. |varioref| is needed for hacking |enumerate|; I needed
-% its |\labelformat| command.
-% \begin{macrocode}
-\RequirePackage{calc}
-\RequirePackage{ifthen}
-\RequirePackage{varioref}
-% \end{macrocode}
-%
-% Now we delcare some default settings that may be redeclared by the
-% user; the user just has to |\renewcommand| them. These are almost all
-% visual formatting issues best hidden from the author.
-% \begin{macrocode}
-\newcommand\quesnumweight{\textbf}%
-\newcommand\questionweight{\textbf}%
-\newcommand\answeight{}%
-\newcommand\quesnumstyle{}%
-\newcommand\questionstyle{}%
-\newcommand\ansstyle{}%
-\newcommand\quesindentstyle{\hangindent}%
-\newcommand\ansindentstyle{\parindent}%
-\newcommand\commentweight{}\newcommand\commentstyle{\textit}%
-\newcommand\citeweight{}\newcommand\citestyle{\textit}%
-\newcommand\sourceweight{}\newcommand\sourcestyle{}%
-\newcommand\citetitleweight{}\newcommand\citetitlestyle{\textsc}
-\newcommand\citeword{Scripture}
-\newcommand\citesize{\small}
-\newcommand\sourcesize{\small}
-% \end{macrocode}
-%
-% Now we declare the necessary lengths. Once again, these are
-% formatting issues best hidden from the author.
-% \begin{macrocode}
-\newlength\questionskip
-\setlength\questionskip{1em} % Space b/f questions; in macros, rubber
-\newlength\answerskip
-\setlength\answerskip{0pt} % Space before answers
-\newlength\answerindent\newlength\rtanswerindent
-\setlength\rtanswerindent{0em} % Right indentation of answers
-\newlength\defanswerindent % Used internally only, below
-\newlength\defquesparindent % Default question parindent
-\newlength\quesparindent % Customizable question parindent
-\newlength\ansparindent % Customizable answer parindent
-\setlength\ansparindent{0em} % Initialize to zero
-% \end{macrocode}
-%
-% Now we delcare the counter for the questions. Obvious enough.
-% \begin{macrocode}
-\newcounter{quesnum}
-% \end{macrocode}
-%
-% Now we begin to define the commands for the catechism questions.
-% The first is, obviously, |\catques|; within |\catques| we also
-% redefine all the |enumerate| macros, so that it won't hose the
-% |enumerate|s in other, non-catechism parts of the document.
-% \begin{macrocode}
-\newcommand\catques[2]{%
-\refstepcounter{quesnum}%
-\begingroup\par\setlength\parskip{\the\questionskip plus 2pt minus 2pt}%
-\settowidth\defquesparindent{% This sucks; but for some reason the
-% indentation eats closing spaces, so...
-\quesnumweight{\quesnumstyle{\thequesnum. }}}%
-\ifthenelse{\quesindentstyle=\hangindent}{%
-\setlength\parindent{0pt}}{\hangafter=1}%
-\setlength\quesindentstyle{\the\defquesparindent-\the\quesparindent}%
-\quesnumweight{\quesnumstyle{\thequesnum\@.}} %
-\questionweight{\questionstyle{#1}}\hfill\par\endgroup%
-\begingroup\par\setlength\parskip{\the\answerskip}%
-\ifthenelse{%
-\ansindentstyle=\hangindent}{%
-\setlength\parindent{0pt}}{\hangafter=1}%
-\setlength\ansindentstyle{\the\ansparindent}%
-\settowidth\defanswerindent{%
-\quesnumweight{\quesnumstyle{\thequesnum. }}}%
-\setlength\leftskip{\the\defanswerindent-\the\answerindent}%
-\setlength\rightskip{\the\rtanswerindent}%
-\answeight{\ansstyle{#2}}\hfill\par\endgroup%
-\renewcommand\theenumi{\alph{enumi}}%
-\labelformat{enumi}{\thequesnum(\theenumi)}%
-\renewcommand\theenumii{\arabic{enumii}}%
-\labelformat{enumii}{\thequesnum(\theenumi)(\theenumii)}%
-\renewcommand\theenumiii{\roman{enumiii}}%
-\labelformat{enumiii}{\thequesnum(\theenumi)(\theenumii)(\theenumiii)}%
-\renewcommand\theenumiv{\Alph{enumiv}}%
-\labelformat{enumiv}{\thequesnum(\theenumi)(\theenumii)(\theenumiii)%
-(\theenumiv)}%
-\settowidth\leftmarginiii{2em}%
-\settowidth\leftmarginiv{2em}%
-\renewcommand\@listi{%
-\settowidth\leftmargin{\the\defquesparindent. }%
-\setlength\parsep{0em}%
-\setlength\itemsep{0em plus 2pt minus 2pt}%
-\setlength\topsep{0em}
-\setlength\partopsep{0em}
-\setlength\parskip{0em}
-}% end redef of \@listi
-\renewcommand\@listii{%
-\settowidth\leftmargin{(\theenumi) }%
-\setlength\parsep{0em}%
-\setlength\itemsep{0em plus 2pt minus 2pt}%
-\setlength\topsep{0em}
-\setlength\partopsep{0em}
-\setlength\parskip{0em}
-}% end redef of \@listii
-\renewcommand\@listiii{%
-\settowidth\leftmargin{\theenumii. }%
-\setlength\parsep{0em}%
-\setlength\itemsep{0em plus 2pt minus 2pt}%
-\setlength\topsep{0em}
-\setlength\partopsep{0em}
-\setlength\parskip{0em}
-}% end redef of \@listiii
-\renewcommand\@listiv{%
-\settowidth\leftmargin{\theenumiii. }%
-\setlength\parsep{0em}%
-\setlength\itemsep{0em plus 2pt minus 2pt}%
-\setlength\topsep{0em}
-\setlength\partopsep{0em}
-\setlength\parskip{0em}
-}% end redef of \@listiv
+%%
+%% This is file `catechis.sty',
+%% generated with the docstrip utility.
+%%
+%% The original source files were:
+%%
+%% catechis.dtx (with options: `package')
+%% This is a generated file.
+%%
+%% This document is copyright 2014 by Donald P. Goodman, and is
+%% released publicly under the LaTeX Project Public License. The
+%% distribution and modification of this work is constrained by the
+%% conditions of that license. See
+%% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
+%% for the text of the license. This document is released
+%% under version 1.3 of that license, and this work may be distributed
+%% or modified under the terms of that license or, at your option, any
+%% later version.
+%%
+%% This work has the LPPL maintenance status 'maintained'.
+%%
+%% The Current Maintainer of this work is Donald P. Goodman
+%% (dgoodmaniii@gmail.com).
+%%
+%% This work consists of catechis.dtx, catechis.ins, and
+%% derived files catechis.sty and catechis.pdf.
+
+\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1999/12/01]
+\ProvidesPackage{catechis}[2018/01/13 v2.0 Support for writing catechism questions and answers]
+\RequirePackage{paralist}
+\setdefaultenum{(a)}{(1)}{(i)}{(A)}
+\setdefaultleftmargin{3.8em}{}{}{}{}{}
+\newlength{\catquesindent}\setlength{\catquesindent}{0em}
+\newlength{\catqueshindent}\setlength{\catqueshindent}{2em}
+\newlength{\catansindent}\setlength{\catansindent}{2em}
+\newlength{\catanshindent}\setlength{\catanshindent}{2em}
+\newlength{\catquesnumwd}\setlength{\catquesnumwd}{2em}
+\newcounter{catquesnum}\setcounter{catquesnum}{0}
+\def\catquesnumsty{\bfseries}
+\def\catquessty{\bfseries}
+\def\catanssty{}
+\renewcommand{\thecatquesnum}{\arabic{catquesnum}.}
+\def\catques#1#2{%
+\stepcounter{catquesnum}%
+{\parindent=\catquesindent\hangindent=\catqueshindent\hangafter=1%
+{\par\leavevmode\hbox to\catquesnumwd{\catquesnumsty\thecatquesnum}%
+\catquessty #1}\par}%
+{\parindent=\catansindent\hangindent=\catanshindent\hangafter=1%
+{\par\catanssty #2}\par}%
}%
-% \end{macrocode}
-% My, wasn't that messy? Now, on to the |\catcomment| command.
-% Now we define the |\catcomment| command. It's pretty simple,
-% actually, thanks to lacking the identation issues that |\catques| was
-% so plagued by.
-% \begin{macrocode}
-\newcommand\catcomment[1]{%
-\hspace*{\stretch{1}}\\\small\commentweight{\commentstyle{#1}}%
-\hspace*{\stretch{1}}\normalsize%
+\def\catcommentsty{\itshape}
+\newlength{\commindent}\setlength{\commindent}{2em}
+\newlength{\commhindent}\setlength{\commhindent}{2em}
+\def\catcomment#1{%
+{\parindent=\commindent\hangindent=\commhindent\hangafter=1%
+{\par\catcommentsty #1}\par}
}%
-% \end{macrocode}
-%
-% Now we begin the commands for citing Scriptural citations. In
-% lists, that is. Not too complex, either.
-% \begin{macrocode}
-\newcommand\citetitle{%
-\vspace*{1em}%
-\begin{center}\citetitleweight{\citetitlestyle{\citeword}}\end{center}
-}% end the \citetitle command
-\newcommand\scripture[2]{%
-\par\citesize\citeweight{\citestyle{#1}}\nolinebreak[1]%
-\quad\hspace*{\fill}\mbox{\sourcesize\sourceweight{\sourcestyle{#2}}}%
-\par\normalsize%
-}% end the \scripture command
-% \end{macrocode}
-%
-% \printindex
+\def\catexplicsty{\small}
+\newlength{\explicindent}\setlength{\explicindent}{4em}
+\newlength{\explichindent}\setlength{\explichindent}{2em}
+\long\def\catexplic#1{%
+{\par\everypar={\parindent=\explicindent\hangindent=\explichindent\hangafter=1}%
+{\par\catexplicsty\ #1}\par}%
+}%
+\def\restoreindents{%
+\par%
+\everypar={%
+\parindent=\explicindent%
+\hangindent=\explichindent%
+\hangafter=1%
+}%
+\par%
+}%
+\def\catcitetitlesty{\Large\scshape}%
+\def\catcitetitleword{Citations}%
+\def\catcitetitle{%
+\begin{center}%
+\catcitetitlesty\catcitetitleword%
+\end{center}%
+}%
+\def\catcitesty{\itshape}%
+\def\catsrcsty{}%
+\newlength{\catciteindent}\setlength{\catciteindent}{0em}%
+\newlength{\catcitehindent}\setlength{\catcitehindent}{0em}%
+\newlength{\catsrcindent}\setlength{\catsrcindent}{2em}%
+\newlength{\catsrchindent}\setlength{\catsrchindent}{2em}%
+\def\catcite#1#2{%
+{\parindent=\catciteindent\hangindent=\catcitehindent\hangafter=1%
+{\par\catcitesty #1}\par}%
+{\parindent=\catsrcindent\hangindent=\catsrchindent\hangafter=1%
+{\par\catsrcsty#2}\par}%
+}%
+\let\scripture=\catcite
+\endinput
+%%
+%% End of file `catechis.sty'.