From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/19651 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thomas A.Schmitz Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Is startcombination ... stopcombination broken? Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:05:05 +0200 Message-ID: <15b28ca206a90b8bcfc7f6b00fef8ade@uni-bonn.de> References: <4253DBC4.9050809@iki.fi> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1112796313 18506 80.91.229.2 (6 Apr 2005 14:05:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 14:05:13 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Apr 06 16:05:10 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DJB7b-0002pK-Va for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 16:03:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F03312848; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:05:15 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 20413-04; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:05:11 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 951F51283C; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:05:11 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2349D1283C for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:05:10 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 20414-05 for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:05:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mailout07.sul.t-online.com (mailout07.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.83]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 412E512831 for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:05:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from fwd28.aul.t-online.de by mailout07.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 1DJB9Y-0003dv-02; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 16:05:08 +0200 Original-Received: from [192.168.0.2] (ZwsnGwZZwetwOgr4du6PVyYOXhNXA7LKgd0J-97sqTFq9pgIOGT9rh@[84.129.107.209]) by fwd28.sul.t-online.de with esmtp id 1DJB9V-1QsN3Q0; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:05:05 +0200 In-Reply-To: <4253DBC4.9050809@iki.fi> Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) X-ID: ZwsnGwZZwetwOgr4du6PVyYOXhNXA7LKgd0J-97sqTFq9pgIOGT9rh@t-dialin.net X-TOI-MSGID: f787c3fe-be4c-4c55-8eb3-cd49e2003dac X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:19651 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:19651 Mari, thanks so much, that was it! Yes, the 'why in the #=A4%' was on my mind,=20= too! I'm using ConTeXt for my presentations this term, so I have to=20 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=20= >> avail. Or am I missing anything terribly obvious? > > It is not terribly obvious, but your \framed commands are missing a=20 > 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=20= > implies that the braces in the second argument are necessary and=20 > 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=20 > should work out! > > > Mari > (who's had her share of doesn't my combination work') > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >