On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 02:06:00PM -0600, Idris S Hamid wrote:
> [Sorry I left out the subject before]
>
> Dear gang,
>
> What is the best way in ConTeXt to define a word so that is does not
> hyphenate. E.g.,
>
> \def\SAN{\hbox{{A\d{s}-\d{S}an\={a}`ah}}}
>
> \SAN{} this is a test
>
> \bye
>
> does not work; it creates an unwanted line break (anyone know why?)
>
That's because you stay in vertical mode. Your paragraph only starts
with `this is a test.' You need to esplicitely enter horizontal mode:
\def\SAN{\leavevmode\hbox{{A\d{s}-\d{S}an\={a}`ah}}}
Denis