On 21 December 2012 22:52, j. van den hoff <[email protected]> wrote:
> I posted a similar question recently but either it was to stupid or unclear:

Or everybodys gone on holidays :)

Quotes are substituted before attributes but are not substituted in
attribute values at the definition so quotes inside attribute
definitions are not substituted. See
http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/userguide.html#_document_processing.

>
> 8<-----------------------------------------------------------------
> is there a way to make an attribute definition like
>
> :km: K~m~
>
> be expanded correctly (i.e. with a `m' subcript) if referenced somewhere
> in the text via {km}?
> 8<-----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> the problem is, the above attribute is expanded verbatim in the running
> text, i.e. I end up
> (in the html or pdf formatted document)
> with a verbatim `K~m~' replacing the reference `{km}'. what I _actually_
> want is an expansion
> of the definition, i.e. `K' with a subscript. that's what a corresponding
> `\newcommand' in latex
> would do, of course.
>

Try making the attribute value an inline pass macro with a specified
quotes substitution as suggested in
http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/userguide.html#X18 which refers to
http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/userguide.html#X77.

Cheers
Lex

>
> thanks
> joerg
>
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