Am 05.12.2012 um 16:46 schrieb Lars Huttar <lars_hut...@sil.org>: > /Hans Hagen wrote (///Wed Dec 5 14:10:12 CET 2012/):/ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> On 12/5/2012 11:19 AM, Lars Huttar wrote: >>> / Hi all, >> /> > > /... > > / >> / >> />/ >> />/ % Abbreviations >> />/ \definestartstop >> />/ [abblist] >> />/ [before={\setupbackgrounds[text][background=verticalline] >> />/ \starttextbackground[text] >> />/ >> \setuptab[headstyle={\switchtobodyfont[SansB,\SansBsize]},width=20mm,location=left] >> />/ \startcolumnset[abbcolumn] \startalignment[flushleft,nothyphenated]}, >> />/ after={\stopalignment \stopcolumnset \stoptextbackground >> />/ \setupbackgrounds[text][background=off]}] >> / >> you can try >> >> \unexpanded\def\StartAbbList >> {\setupbackgrounds[text][background=verticalline] >> \starttextbackground[text] >> >> \setuptab[headstyle={\switchtobodyfont[SansB,\SansBsize]},width=20mm,location=left] >> \startcolumnset[abbcolumn] >> \startalignment[flushleft,nothyphenated]} >> >> \unexpanded\def\StopAbbList >> {\stopalignment >> \stopcolumnset >> \stoptextbackground >> \setupbackgrounds[text][background=off]} >> >> \definestartstop >> [abblist] >> [before=\StartAbbList, >> after=\StopAbbList] > > Thanks, I will try this. > Is the goal of this change to fix the error? To help diagnose it? > I don't really understand the use of \unexpanded.
Putting many command and setup in the before and after keys for \definestartstop isn’t the nicest way to create start/stop command, Hans used a two step method and put all setups and separate commands which are now used by \definestartstop. Defining command with \unexpanded\def\…{…} instead of \def\…{…} can prevent you from unwanted side effects when you use command in headings etc. > After making this change, the behavior is unaffected... I still get the > "Missing number" error, etc. The information you provided aren sufficient to reproduce the error, according to the message there is a problem with columnsets but there is no way to tell why you get it. >> in such case best make a small example, for instance how is abblist used? > > > \startabblist{ > \tab{\ITC{alt.}}\AE{alternate name for}\par > ... > \tab{USDS}\AE{US Department of State}\par > }\stopabblist > > where \AE is defined as: > > \def\AE#1{\hskip -3mm \SerifL{#1} \vskip 1mm} Can you provide a working minimal example which does produce the error. >>> / >> />/ E16settings.tex: I added these definitions: >> />/ \define\XLfontsize{14pt} >> />/ \define\XXLfontsize{16pt} >> />/ >> />/ There are modes involved, so things are a bit more complicated, but I >> />/ believe that is the only effective difference. >> / >> and how about: >> >> \def\XLfontsize{14pt} >> \def\XXLfontsize{16pt} > > I will try that, but all our font size definitions have always used > \define, and it used to work fine without errors. > On http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/define it says that \define is > like the TeX primitive \def, but "will print an error to the log file if > the new definition overwrites an existing command". > I checked the log file, and there is no error mentioning XLfontsize. > > So the purpose of your suggestion is to remove the possibility of > reporting a duplicate definition? (There's probably more to it than that > - I'm just trying to understand.) > > I tried changing \define to \def as you suggested. The result was > unchanged - same error. There is no difference between \define and \def in MkII but for MkIV there is a difference because \define is \unexpanded\def and the new command \defineexpandable corresponds to the normal \def. 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________