From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/58772 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marco Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Ampersand in Metapost Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 21:18:56 +0200 Message-ID: <20100513211856.48e15be4@vorbis> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1273778963 5669 80.91.229.12 (13 May 2010 19:29:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 19:29:23 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu May 13 21:29:17 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OCe5r-000203-HM for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 May 2010 21:29:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55F22C9AFD; Thu, 13 May 2010 21:29:15 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 1gUt-HBPrT+p; Thu, 13 May 2010 21:29:15 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4583FC9B03; Thu, 13 May 2010 21:29:12 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49880C9B03 for ; Thu, 13 May 2010 21:29:10 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id n5N8yDr-hO7h for ; Thu, 13 May 2010 21:29:08 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11636C9AFD for ; Thu, 13 May 2010 21:29:08 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OCe5j-0001yD-RU for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Thu, 13 May 2010 21:29:07 +0200 Original-Received: from 202.58.85.36 ([202.58.85.36]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 13 May 2010 21:29:07 +0200 Original-Received: from netuse by 202.58.85.36 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 13 May 2010 21:29:07 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ connect(): No such file or directory Original-Lines: 19 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.58.85.36 X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; i486-pc-linux-gnu) X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:58772 Archived-At: Hi, I have a problem producing an ampersand in metapost. In ConTeXt it works as expected. Have a look at the following example. \starttext \& % OK \startMPcode label(textext("\&"),origin); % produces error \stopMPcode \stoptext The compile time error message is as follows: ! Misplaced alignment tab character &. l.1 \MPLIBsettext{1}{& Marco ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________