Jano Kula wrote:
> Hans Hagen wrote:
>
>> Jano Kula wrote:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> Is it safe to leave spare comma at the end of the key=value list or
>>> other list of arguments?
>>>
>>>
>> in most cases it is ok
>>
>>> It is not nice, but when adding/commenting arguments in readable way
>>> (one per line) it's faster and while experimenting with parameters one
>>> doesn't have to care about the last comma adding or removing it back and
>>> forth, for example:
>>>
>>> \setuplayout[
>>> grid=yes,
>>> %header=0mm,
>>> footer=7mm,
>>> %footerdistance=10mm,
>>> %cutspace=12mm,
>>> ]
>>>
>>>
>> in this case a space after 12mm is not that problematic because layout
>> are calculated in vertical mode and the 12 mm is used in assignments
>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> \setuphead[
>>> chapter,
>>> section,
>>> %subsection,
>>> %subsubsection,
>>>
>>>
>> hm, here it can be troublesome unless i catch an empty case (not sure);
>> if you run into troubles with such cases report it to the list and we
>> can see if we can catch it
>>
>>> ][
>>> textstyle=\ss,
>>> numberstyle=\ss,
>>> ]
>>>
>>>
>> Hans
>>
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>> Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands
>> tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com
>> | www.pragma-pod.nl
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>>
>
> Thanks,
>
> I've found the example of the different behaviour, though the reason
> isn't the comma, but the space after the command, I think. So even
> writing parameters one-per-line (with space left behind = last one
> without comma or percent sign) can be dangerous.
>
> %\setuphead[chapter][style=\bfd] % works
> %\setuphead[chapter][style={\bfd}] % works
> %\setuphead[chapter][style={\bfd} ] % doesn't work
> %\setuphead[chapter][style={\bfd},] % works
> \starttext
> \chapter{Test chapter}
> \stoptext
>
> This is not seriuos, I just want to find, how the things work.
>
this is because the value of style is interpreted in its own special
way; also, in
{xx}<space>
the become part of the value, and {\bfd} is ineffective due to grouping
then
Hans
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