From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/25569 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans van der Meer Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: strange \v!on Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:20:59 +0100 Message-ID: <24A8DBDB-8D64-488F-B11D-A82AAA3D5B20@science.uva.nl> References: <43D75EEB.7000509@elvenkind.com> <057E24B4-28E1-4F8E-8E78-DFF925B6B7FA@science.uva.nl> <43D7E771.6060204@elvenkind.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138224159 18922 80.91.229.2 (25 Jan 2006 21:22:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:22:39 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Jan 25 22:22:36 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org 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 1F1s5w-0005kQ-Fo for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:22:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1786012815; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:22:23 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 17352-04-3; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:22:20 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EED0712809; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:22:19 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCC7812809 for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:22:17 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 17352-04-2 for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:22:16 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from smtp.science.uva.nl (smtp.science.uva.nl [146.50.4.84]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id E419512805 for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:22:16 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from 118-204.uva.surfnetthuis.nl [145.98.118.204] by smtp.science.uva.nl with ESMTP (sendmail 8.11.6p2/config 11.36). id k0PLME928815; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:22:14 +0100 X-Organisation: Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands X-URL: http://www.science.uva.nl/ In-Reply-To: <43D7E771.6060204@elvenkind.com> Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 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: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:25569 Archived-At: On Jan 25, 2006, at 22:02, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Hans van der Meer wrote: >> Well, obviously I interpreted the use of \V!-macros wrong. >> I understood it being the ConTeXt way of making command strings >> language independent, as in for example. >> \c!corner=\v!rectangular > > Ah, now it is clear to me (I was not paying attention close enough). > > Your understanding is fine, you just missed a small caveat. You have > to put stuff that uses @, ! or ? in macro names within a block > surrounded by \unprotect ... \protect (like the \makeat.. macros in > LaTeX). Within such a block, the @, ! and ? act as letters for use > inside macro names. Well, it's a pity, but I just did that. I surround my macro pack with \unprotect ... \protect Because I came through LaTeX, @ was heavily used. OK, at the moment of composing this answer I realized that making ! active will be the culprit (I am using it as separator between items). Sorry bothering you with something I should have found out by myself. But thanks for putting me on the right track! yours sincerely, dr. H. van der Meer