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On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 10:07:45AM +0100, Hans Hagen wrote:
> At 05:06 PM 1/18/2003 -0700, you wrote:
> >Greetings!
> >
> >  Is it possible to have parts of the ConTeXt file
> >processed conditionally? I'm hoping to be able to do
> >something like:
> >
> >(in ConTeXt file)
> >
> >Question: What is the derivative of $e^{sqrt{x}}$\\
> >\some-command-start
> >Answer: $\frac{d}{dx} e^{sqrt{x}} ... $
> >\some-command-end
> >

[...]
> 
> \defineblock [answer]
> 

Interesting: Three of your users suggest using modes instead. I would 
have too. 

What made you choose blocks over modes here?

Greetings


Johannes
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