From: Kip Warner <kip@thevertigo.com>
To: Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>
Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Questions on \definition
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:03:45 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1326927825.5532.43.camel@kip-laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <15A421B8-5250-4059-9A21-13D8EA6D929B@googlemail.com>
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On Wed, 2012-01-18 at 23:58 +0100, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> When you define a new command with \definedescription, e.g. \definedescription[definition] you get the commands
>
> \definition
>
> and
>
> \startdefinition
>
> Both are only shortcuts for \dodescription[definition] and \dostartdescription[definition], as you can see the internal command tells context that it’s dealing with a description and “definition” is only the name of the instance.
>
> Wolfgang
I guess my confusion is why do you need to call \definedescription when
you just want a \definition to typeset? Shouldn't the command already be
available?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-18 23:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-17 3:52 Kip Warner
2012-01-17 4:38 ` Vladimir Lomov
2012-01-18 1:47 ` Kip Warner
2012-01-18 2:44 ` Vladimir Lomov
2012-01-18 23:00 ` Kip Warner
2012-01-18 8:26 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2012-01-18 22:39 ` Kip Warner
2012-01-18 22:58 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2012-01-18 23:03 ` Kip Warner [this message]
2012-01-18 23:12 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2012-01-18 23:16 ` Kip Warner
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