[NTG-context] "Missing number, case 7, treated as zero" error message.

[NTG-context] "Missing number, case 7, treated as zero" error message.

[Jeong Dal via ntg-context]

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Dear lister,

I have an error which I can not locate.
Please help me what is wrong in the following example.

Thanks for reading.

Regards,

Dalyoung

\useMPlibrary[dum]
\starttext
\startplacefigure[location=,reference=fig:gateNOT,title=]
  \startcombination[nx=2,ny=1]  
  {externalfigure[dummy][width=.25\textwidth]}{a}
  {externalfigure[dummy][width=.25\textwidth]}{b}
  \stopcombination
\stopplacefigure

\stoptext

Log file:

metapost        > library 'dum' is loaded
fonts           > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage)
fonts           > 'fallback modern rm 12pt' is loaded
tex error       > tex error on line 5 in file /Users/graph/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Documents/test.tex: Missing number, case 7, treated as zero

<to be read again> 
    
    ]
<line 3.5> 
        {externalfigure[dummy][width=.25\textwidth]
    }{a}

 1     \useMPlibrary[dum]
 2     \starttext
 3     \startplacefigure[location=,reference=fig:gateNOT,title=]
 4      \startcombination[nx=2,ny=1]
 5 >>   {externalfigure[dummy][width=.25\textwidth]}{a}
 6      {externalfigure[dummy][width=.25\textwidth]}{b}
 7      \stopcombination
 8     \stopplacefigure


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[NTG-context] Re: "Missing number, case 7, treated as zero" error message.

[Wolfgang Schuster]

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Jeong Dal via ntg-context schrieb am 28.11.2024 um 22:44:
> Dear lister,
>
> I have an error which I can not locate.
> Please help me what is wrong in the following example.
>
> Thanks for reading.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dalyoung
>
> \useMPlibrary[dum]
> \starttext
> \startplacefigure[location=,reference=fig:gateNOT,title=]
> \startcombination[nx=2,ny=1]
> {externalfigure[dummy][width=.25\textwidth]}{a}
> {externalfigure[dummy][width=.25\textwidth]}{b}

You're missing the backslash in front of \externalfigure.

Wolfgang


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[NTG-context] Re: "Missing number, case 7, treated as zero" error message.

[Hans Hagen via ntg-context]

On 11/28/2024 11:20 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> Jeong Dal via ntg-context schrieb am 28.11.2024 um 22:44:
>> Dear lister,
>>
>> I have an error which I can not locate.
>> Please help me what is wrong in the following example.
>>
>> Thanks for reading.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dalyoung
>>
>> \useMPlibrary[dum]
>> \starttext
>> \startplacefigure[location=,reference=fig:gateNOT,title=]
>> \startcombination[nx=2,ny=1]
>> {externalfigure[dummy][width=.25\textwidth]}{a}
>> {externalfigure[dummy][width=.25\textwidth]}{b}
> 
> You're missing the backslash in front of \externalfigure.

in addition to WS's fix:

as a bonus, one can also say:

     {\externalfigure[dummy][width=.25tw]}{a}
     {\externalfigure[dummy][width=.25tw]}{b}

in which case you'd see the error

Hans

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