At 03:26 PM 11/14/00 +0100, Haseloff, Lutz wrote:
>Hi Hans, Hi all,
>
>> Do you run the latest (beta) context? A few weeks ago i made a fix for
>> spaces in mp text (this is due to the fact that in the ps output a space
>is
>> a valid char, but tex does not have one, so I had to mimick something.
>> After a \csname of more that 1 char (like \sz) you really need to add a \,
>> so \sz\ since tex sees the space as a terminater, and there is no way to
>> recover it. 
>
>I now use the newest beta of context, i remade all formats, corrected my
>file (missing , after etex).
>I tried \sz{}, \sz\ , without success. only \kern worked.
>Other two letter commands (\ae) work o.k.
>My problem only shows with \setupbodyfont[pos,ber,ss] it works with [ss],
>[lbr,ss] ...
>Can this depend on my fontfiles for Helvetica?

I fear so. The attached file is what I get. Maybe your font map [pdftex.map
or so] is not correct.

Here I use the ansi encoded helvetica. 

\setupoutput[pdftex]

\setupbodyfont[pos,ss]

\startMPenvironment
\setupbodyfont[pos,ss]
\stopMPenvironment

\starttext

gem\ae{} gem\"u\sz{} Mitarb

\blank[big]

\startMPcode
label(btex \strut gem\ae{} gem\"u\sz{} Mitarb. etex, (0,0));
\stopMPcode

\stoptext

see attached result