Thanks, Wolfgang. That is just what I needed: it works in all my environments and looks good in the output. As for line breaking, it can produce an overfull \hbox but that is very easily seen and repaired.
Best, Alan On Sep 4, 2008, at 04;39,32 , Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:48 PM, Alan Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> It appears that the problem is my definition >> >> \def\ {|~|} >> >> Though this definition works in a simple test file, it apparently >> conflicts with something in my environment file and produces the >> error >> message reported previously. So, is there a "safer" way to define >> \<space> as {|~|}? > > \def\ {\thinspace} > > Wolfgang > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________