Am 11.01.2012 um 12:52 schrieb Meer, H. van der:
>
>
> On 11 jan. 2012, at 11:33, luigi scarso wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Hans van der Meer <havdm...@xs4all.nl>
>> wrote:
>> Something must have been changed with buffers between the versions:
>> ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.29 18:47 MKIV fmt: 2011.12.31
>> and
>> ConTeXt ver: 2012.01.09 10:08 MKIV fmt: 2012.1.11
>>
>> Formerly this was ok:
>> \startbuffer[abc]
>> whatever
>> \stopbuffer
>>
>> Now I get: ! Missing } inserted.
>>
>> Because running this in isolation goes without a problem, I suspect the
>> change has to do with the project structure in which I use the buffer. But
>> again, it worked in the past.
>> Does it works with
>> \setbuffer[abc]
>> whatever
>> \endbuffer
>> ?
>>
>
> It works with these macros, yes. Thanks.
>
> But is \setbuffer..\endbuffer something new?
No, it’s a old command but not very useful for a user.
> I do not see it on the Reference page of the wiki.
The original source for the reference pages didn’t provide a way to describe
the syntax for \setbuffer but there are also many commands which are
undocumented.
> Also it doesn't seem in line with ConTeXt's regular naming scheme of
> \startsomething..\stopsomething.
> Can you give somewhat more information, for examle what is the difference
> between \setbuffer and \startbuffer?
\setbuffer can’t be nested like \startbuffer and not a command which should be
used in a document. It’s useful for internal use when one write macros where
the regular buffer environment can’t be used.
Wolfgang
___________________________________________________________________________________
If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the
Wiki!
maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net
archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
wiki : http://contextgarden.net
___________________________________________________________________________________
