Dear ConTeXt folks,


Am Sonntag, den 05.06.2011, 12:11 +0200 schrieb Paul Menzel:

> Am Samstag, den 04.06.2011, 23:59 +0200 schrieb Otared Kavian:
> 
> > I think the error comes from your way of using \define: you use
> > 	 \define\abs[1]{\lvert #1 \rvert}
> > instead of
> > 	\define[1]\abs{\lvert#1\rvert}
> > 
> >  the following works fine for me:
> > 
> > \starttext
> > 
> > %\define[1]\abs{|#1|} % this works
> > 
> > \define[1]\abs{\lvert#1\rvert} % this works too
> > 
> > $\abs{-1} = 1$
> > \stoptext
> 
> thank you very much for the solution. I took my definition from the Wiki
> [1].
> 
> Could the developers please clarify the correct syntax so that it can be
> updated in the source or the Wiki.

I am sorry. I messed up and confused the LaTeX syntax (?) (`texdoc
amsldoc`) and the one in the Wiki.


I am sorry for the noise.


Thanks,

Paul


> [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/define