On Tue 07 Aug 2012, Robert Blackstone wrote: > Here follows my minimal example. I reasoned that the identifier [topica] > might act as a label, or an anchor, or whatever the correct ConTeXt name is, > for a reference. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > \definedelimitedtext[topica] > \setupdelimitedtext[topica][left=,right=] %maybe superfluous? I do not need a > layout different from the rest of the text. > \starttext > > Some text. > > \starttopica > Some text to explain a certain topic, called topica. > \stoptopica > > Some more text about topica. (See discussion on \at{page}[topica]) > > \stoptext > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To avoid any misunderstanding: this is no longer a problem since I have been > given excellent advice. But it intrigues me. Why can some identifiers, for > example of figures, be used for internal references and others not?
In this case, I'd say it's because you're defining a delimited text style which can be used in multiple places. Your document could have five hundred \starttopica...\stoptopica blocks on different pages. A figure identifier, on the other hand, is meant to be unique. Pont ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________