if i omit the line with the \externalfigure it does work is that cow.pdf missing?
> On 9 Oct 2017, at 18:11, Rik Kabel <cont...@rik.users.panix.com> wrote:
>
> Consider the following almost-minimal example:
>
> \setuptagging [state=start]
> \setuppapersize [A6]
> \setupexternalfigures[location=default]
> \definemakeup [cover4][page=left,doublesided=no]
> \definelayer [isbn][width=\pagewidth,height=\pageheight]
> \define \Title {A Primer on Omphaloskepsis}
> \startsetups [placeisbn]
> \setlayer [isbn][preset=rightbottom,hoffset=5mm,voffset=5mm]
> {\externalfigure[cow.pdf][width=3cm]}
> \stopsetups
> \starttext
> \setupbackgrounds [page][setups=placeisbn,background=isbn]
> \startmakeup [cover4]
> \scale [width=\textwidth] {\red \Title}
> \stopmakeup
> \stoptext
> For me (Win64, current standalone beta), compilation halts with:
>
> lua error > lua error on line 4 in file C://Users/rik/Desktop/xxx.tex:
>
> ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/back-exp.lua:823: attempt to
> index local 'spec' (a nil value)
> stack traceback:
> ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/back-exp.lua:823: in
> function <...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/conte
> xt/base/mkiv/back-exp.lua:818>
> (It always points to line 4 of the file, no matter the file.) When the halt
> is answered with a CR, the processing runs to completion with no apparent
> errors.
> When the first line is removed, or the state set to stop, compilation
> completes normally.
>
> When the content of the setup (the two-line \setlayer) is moved out of the
> setup, compilation completes normally (without regard to tagging).
>
> (I use a setup here because, in the real work on which this is based, there
> are other items in the layer that cannot be properly handled until after
> \starttext processing.
>
> --
> Rik
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