+\def\bb{{\xspace}$\texttt{bb}$ }
+%\def\bbp{{\xspace}$\texttt{bbp}$\xspace}
+
+\def\cmake{{\xspace}$\texttt{cmake}$ }
+
+\def\C{{\xspace}$\texttt{C}$ }
+\def\CPP{{\xspace}$\texttt{C++}$ }
+
+\def\xml{{\xspace}$\texttt{xml}$ }
+
+\def\itk{{\xspace}$\texttt{itk}$ }
+\def\vtk{{\xspace}$\texttt{vtk}$ }
+\def\gdcm{{\xspace}$\texttt{gdcm}$ }
+\def\gsmis{{\xspace}$\texttt{gsmis}$ }
+\def\wx{{\xspace}$\texttt{wxWidgets}$ }
+
+\def\lin{{\xspace}\textit{Linux} }
+\def\win{{\xspace}\textit{Windows} }
+
+% the same macros with no space at the end
+
+\def\BBTKns{{\xspace}The {\bf Black Box Toolkit}}
+\def\bbtkns{{\xspace}$\texttt{bbtk}$}
+\def\bbins{{\xspace}$\texttt{bbi}$}
+\def\bbfyns{{\xspace}$\texttt{bbfy}$}
+\def\bbdocns{{\xspace}$\texttt{bbdoc}$}
+\def\bbStudions{{\xspace}$\texttt{bbStudio}$}
+\def\bbCreatePackagens{{\xspace}$\texttt{bbCreatePackage}$}
+\def\bbPackageBrowserns{{\xspace}$\texttt{bbPackageBrowser}$}
+\def\bbCreateBlackBoxns{{\xspace}$\texttt{bbCreateBlackBox}$}
+\def\bbsns{{\xspace}$\texttt{bbs}$}
+\def\bbns{{\xspace}$\texttt{bb}$}
+\def\bbcns{{\xspace}$\texttt{bbc}$}
+%\def\bbp{{\xspace}$\texttt{bbp}$\xspace}
+\def\bbRegeneratePackageDocns{{\xspace}$\texttt{bbRegeneratePackageDoc}$}
+\def\bbRegenerateBoxesListsns{{\xspace}$\texttt{bbRegenerateBoxesLists}$}
+\def\bbPlugPackagens{{\xspace}$\texttt{bbPlugPackage}$}
+
+
+\def\cmakens{{\xspace}$\texttt{cmake}$}
+
+\def\Cns{{\xspace}$\texttt{C}$}
+\def\CPPns{{\xspace}$\texttt{C++}$}
+
+\def\xmlns{{\xspace}$\texttt{xml}$}
+
+\def\itkns{{\xspace}$\texttt{itk}$}
+\def\vtkns{{\xspace}$\texttt{vtk}$}
+\def\gdcmns{{\xspace}$\texttt{gdcm}$}
+\def\gsmisns{{\xspace}$\texttt{gsmis}$}
+\def\wxns{{\xspace}$\texttt{wxWidgets}$}
+
+\def\linns{{\xspace}\textit{Linux}}
+\def\winns{{\xspace}\textit{Windows}}
+
+
+\def\bbtkGuide [#1]{
+\begin{center}
+{\Large \BBTK}
+\vspace{1cm}
+
+{\Huge #1}
+\vspace{1cm}
+
+\bbtk version \bbtkVersion \hspace{2mm}(\bbtkVersionDate)
+\vspace{0.5cm}
+
+Generated on : \today
+\vspace{0.5cm}
+
+Eduardo D\'avila, Laurent Guigues, Jean-Pierre Roux
+\vspace{0.3cm}
+
+CREATIS-LRMN, Centre de Recherche en Imagerie M\'edicale \\
+CNRS UMR 5220, INSERM U620, INSA Lyon, Universit\'e Claude-Bernard Lyon 1
+
+http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/creatools/bbtk
+\end{center}
+\tableofcontents
+\listoftables
+\listoffigures
+}