Can I use \startbuffer in other command?

Can I use \startbuffer in other command?

[Ruini Xue]

I have two questions:

1. How to define a start-stop command to accept options?

   I want to define a start-stop command which can accept options (as 
\startitemize [packed]), however the \definestartstop does not support this.
I found a solution in the list: http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-
context/2007/025969.html

Unfortunately, when I use \startbuffer in it, context prints "*" in the 
terminal and waits for input. So it comes to the second question

2. Can \startbuffer be used in other commands?

My code is as following:

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\def\startabstract{%
  \dosingleempty\dostartabstract}
  
\long\def\dostartabstract[#1]#2\stopabstract{%
  \startbuffer[#1] #2\stopbuffer}
  
\let\stopabstract\relax

\startabstract [long]
a long abstract
\stopabstract

\startabstract [short]
a short abstract
\stopabstract
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

-- ruini

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Re: Can I use \startbuffer in other command?

[Wolfgang Schuster]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Ruini Xue <xueruini@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have two questions:
>
> 1. How to define a start-stop command to accept options?
>
>   I want to define a start-stop command which can accept options (as
> \startitemize [packed]), however the \definestartstop does not support this.
> I found a solution in the list: http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-
> context/2007/025969.html
>
> Unfortunately, when I use \startbuffer in it, context prints "*" in the
> terminal and waits for input. So it comes to the second question
>
> 2. Can \startbuffer be used in other commands?
>
> My code is as following:
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> \def\startabstract{%
>  \dosingleempty\dostartabstract}
>
> \long\def\dostartabstract[#1]#2\stopabstract{%
>  \startbuffer[#1] #2\stopbuffer}
>
> \let\stopabstract\relax

\def\dostartabstract
  {\dostartbuffer[abstract][startabstract][stopabstract]}

> \startabstract [long]
> a long abstract
> \stopabstract
>
> \startabstract [short]
> a short abstract
> \stopabstract

Wolfgang
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