Re: [NTG-context] \definecharacter
On Nov 13, 2008, at 8:43 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
On Nov 11, 2008, at 11:58 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
from enco-ini.mkiv
\def\definecharacter#1 #2 %
{}
You could use \definecommand.
Wolfgang
Wolfgang, thanks for pointing me to this. What is the reason of this
unfriendly behavior? I can understand if the \definecharacter command
is gone in mkiv, but simply taking the arguments and sending them
into
nirvana? It was a bit difficult for me to see where the errors in my
environments came from, so I'm really wondering what this is supposed
to do.
well, i was not aware of users using \definecharacter
(i can make it a chardef if needed)
Hey, you should know that your users use ConTeXt for all kinds of
weird and deviant purposes :-)
I have it in some of my private modules/environments, e.g. for
creating symbols and a metrical font. What would you suggest using
instead?
Best
Thomas
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Re: [NTG-context] \definecharacter
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
On Nov 13, 2008, at 8:43 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
On Nov 11, 2008, at 11:58 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
from enco-ini.mkiv
\def\definecharacter#1 #2 %
{}
You could use \definecommand.
Wolfgang
Wolfgang, thanks for pointing me to this. What is the reason of this
unfriendly behavior? I can understand if the \definecharacter command
is gone in mkiv, but simply taking the arguments and sending them
into
nirvana? It was a bit difficult for me to see where the errors in my
environments came from, so I'm really wondering what this is supposed
to do.
well, i was not aware of users using \definecharacter
(i can make it a chardef if needed)
Hey, you should know that your users use ConTeXt for all kinds of
weird and deviant purposes :-)
I have it in some of my private modules/environments, e.g. for
creating symbols and a metrical font. What would you suggest using
instead?
\definecharacter etc were closely related to font encoding, so unless
you defined them in 'default' encoding you had to replicate the
definitions in each fotn encoding
a more natural variant for your case is \definesymbol or just
\def\MyFunnySymbol{...}
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Re: [NTG-context] \definecharacter
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: On Nov 13, 2008, at 8:43 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: well, i was not aware of users using \definecharacter (i can make it a chardef if needed) Hey, you should know that your users use ConTeXt for all kinds of weird and deviant purposes :-) I have it in some of my private modules/environments, e.g. for creating symbols and a metrical font. What would you suggest using instead? \definecharacter etc were closely related to font encoding, so unless you defined them in 'default' encoding you had to replicate the definitions in each fotn encoding Even in XeTeX or LuaTeX one had to define a character only once. \definecharacter worked just fine in both of them some time ago and I find it a pitty to remove it (if there is no serious reason to do so). Mojca ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] \definecharacter
Mojca Miklavec wrote:
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
On Nov 13, 2008, at 8:43 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:
well, i was not aware of users using \definecharacter
(i can make it a chardef if needed)
Hey, you should know that your users use ConTeXt for all kinds of
weird and deviant purposes :-)
I have it in some of my private modules/environments, e.g. for
creating symbols and a metrical font. What would you suggest using
instead?
\definecharacter etc were closely related to font encoding, so unless
you defined them in 'default' encoding you had to replicate the
definitions in each fotn encoding
Even in XeTeX or LuaTeX one had to define a character only once.
\definecharacter worked just fine in both of them some time ago and I
find it a pitty to remove it (if there is no serious reason to do so).
\def\definecharacter#1 #2 %
{\doifnumberelse{\string#2}
{\setevalue{\string#1}{\utfchar{#2}}}
{\unexpanded\setvalue {\string#1}{#2}}}
\def\definecommand#1 #2 %
{\unexpanded\setvalue{\string#1}{#2}}
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Re: [NTG-context] \definecharacter
On Nov 11, 2008, at 11:58 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
from enco-ini.mkiv
\def\definecharacter#1 #2 %
{}
You could use \definecommand.
Wolfgang
Wolfgang, thanks for pointing me to this. What is the reason of this
unfriendly behavior? I can understand if the \definecharacter command
is gone in mkiv, but simply taking the arguments and sending them into
nirvana? It was a bit difficult for me to see where the errors in my
environments came from, so I'm really wondering what this is supposed
to do.
Thomas
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Re: [NTG-context] \definecharacter
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
On Nov 11, 2008, at 11:58 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
from enco-ini.mkiv
\def\definecharacter#1 #2 %
{}
You could use \definecommand.
Wolfgang
Wolfgang, thanks for pointing me to this. What is the reason of this
unfriendly behavior? I can understand if the \definecharacter command
is gone in mkiv, but simply taking the arguments and sending them into
nirvana? It was a bit difficult for me to see where the errors in my
environments came from, so I'm really wondering what this is supposed
to do.
well, i was not aware of users using \definecharacter
(i can make it a chardef if needed)
Hans
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Re: [NTG-context] \definecharacter
Am 11.11.2008 um 23:51 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz:
Hi all,
is the command \definecharacter deprecated in mkiv? Some of my
environments stopped working. Minimal example:
%\definecharacter mytest \char00F8
\define\mytest{\getglyph{name:lmroman10book}{\char00F8}}
\starttext
Hello w\mytest rld!
\stoptext
I expected lines 1 and 2 to work, but line 1 gives an error
(Undefined control sequence). So: is this command no longer
available in mkiv?
from enco-ini.mkiv
\def\definecharacter#1 #2 %
{}
You could use \definecommand.
Wolfgang
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