From: Matthijs Kooijman <matthijs@stdin.nl>
To: Mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: vardef with @# not working within context
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:56:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090921115602.GT8930@katherina.student.utwente.nl> (raw)
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Hi all,
I've been fiddling around with metaobj a bit, but defining my own objects
failed. After some debugging, I've reduced this to a metapost / context MkIV
issue (so no metaobj specifics anymore).
What happens, is that vardefs that use @# as a placeholder in their name only
work when they are defined in an external .mp file. When I define them inside
context (\startMPcode or \startMPinclusions), I get funny errors (mostly
"Isolated expression", which seems to mean that the macro is not defined).
I suspect this is because the way context extracts metapost code. Is this a
fundamental problem, or could it be fixed?
The following context file will easily reproduce the problem:
\starttext
\startMPcode
vardef foo = draw (0mm,0mm)--(10mm,10mm); enddef;
foo;
vardef xy@# = (@#,@#) enddef ;
draw xy0mm -- xy10mm;
\stopMPcode
\stoptext
Running this file gives the following (first) error:
mplib | mp terminal: >> xy0mm
! Improper `addto'.
To illustrate that this is specific to the use of @#, I've included the foo
vardef which does work properly. When I move the vardef xy.. line to a
separate file, say foo.mp, and replace it with "input foo;", the errors
disappear.
Gr.
Matthijs
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next reply other threads:[~2009-09-21 11:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-21 11:56 Matthijs Kooijman [this message]
2009-09-21 12:20 ` Aditya Mahajan
2009-09-21 13:42 ` Hans Hagen
2009-09-21 15:38 ` Aditya Mahajan
2009-09-21 17:42 ` Hans Hagen
2009-09-21 18:04 ` Aditya Mahajan
2009-09-21 18:30 ` Hans Hagen
2009-09-21 18:34 ` Aditya Mahajan
2009-09-22 8:50 ` Matthijs Kooijman
2009-09-22 9:56 ` Hans Hagen
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