Re: Is startcombination ... stopcombination broken?

[Thomas A.Schmitz <thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de>]

Mari,

thanks so much, that was it! Yes, the 'why in the #¤%' was on my mind, 
too! I'm using ConTeXt for my presentations this term, so I have to 
place externalfigures all the time. Phew, thanks!

Best

Thomas

On Apr 6, 2005, at 2:53 PM, Mari Voipio wrote:

> Thomas A.Schmitz wrote:
>
>> Minimal example:
>> \starttext
>> \startcombination[2]
>> \framed{here}
>> \framed{there}
>> \stopcombination
>> \stoptext
>> I have tried with all kinds of braces in all possible places, to no 
>> avail. Or am I missing anything terribly obvious?
>
> It is not terribly obvious, but your \framed commands are missing a 
> second argument, see the big manual, p. 227, where it gives the model:
>
> \startcombination[n*m]
> 	{text1}{subcaption 1}
> 	{text2}{subcaption 2}
> 	....... .............
> \stopcombination
>
> and says: "The second argument can be empty: {xxxx}{}." That kind of 
> implies that the braces in the second argument are necessary and 
> apparently that's what texexec is complaining about...
>
>
>
> This works for me:
> % ------------------
> \starttext
>
> \startcombination[2]
>   \framed{here}{}
>   \framed{there}{}
> \stopcombination
>
> \stoptext
> % ------------------
>
> So just add the two pairs of braces after your \framed and things 
> should work out!
>
>
> Mari
> (who's had her share of doesn't my combination work')
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