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\definemathfence [fancybracket] [bracket] [command=yes,color=blue] test $|x|$ test \par test $||x||$ test (replaced) \par test $a\left|\frac{1}{b}\right|c$ test \par test $a\left||\frac{1}{b}\right||c$ test (kept) \par \startbuffer test $a\fenced[bar]{\frac{1}{b}}c$ test \par test $a\fenced[doublebar]{\frac{1}{b}}c$ test \par test $a\fenced[bracket]{\frac{1}{b}}c$ test \par test $a\fancybracket{\frac{1}{b}}c$ test \par \stopbuffer \getbuffer \setupmathfences [color=red] \getbuffer \stoptext ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________